Chair: Good Morning. Let’s start right away with the presentations and take advantage of the opportunity to conduct interactive sessions. PANEL: Dr. Gilberto Gerra, Chief of Drug Prevention and Health Branch, UNODC: Access to controlled drugs for medical purposes while preventing misuse and diversion. For long time this aspect was not paid attention so now …
Civil Society Participation
Launch of the 2018 UNODC World Drug Report in Geneva
The launch of the 2018 World Drug Report took place in Geneva on the 26th of June 2018, on the occasion of the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Presenters: Kamran Niaz, Epidemiologist in the Drug Research Section, UNODC Peter Ghys, Director of the Strategic Information and Evaluation Department, UNAIDS Miwa Kato, Director …
Launch of the 2018 UNODC World Drug Report in New York
The 2018 Launch of the World Drug Report was held on June 26th in Geneva, Vienna, Nairobi and New York City. The report is presented in a five booklet format with two booklets focusing on the vulnerable populations of youth and women. The report derives its statistics from the content voluntarily provided from states who …
CND intersessional, 25 June 2018
The 2nd Intersessional Meeting of the 61st session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs took place in Vienna on the 25th of June 2018. The meeting started with Chair Alicia Buenrostro Massieu of Mexico presenting the agenda for adoption, then proceeded to the first agenda point: Follow-up to the regular 61st session of CND, resolution …
Side event: Regulating cannabis in accord with international law
John Walsh, WOLA. In previous events we have discussed cannabis regulation as the elephant in the room. We should acknowledge it and assess the tensions with the drug control treaties. It is more likely that more elephants will show up in the room. Annette Henry, Jamaica. I am part of the cannabis regulation institution. I …
Informal NGO Dialogue with the INCB President Dr. Viroj Sumyai
Lucia Goberna, Vice Chair of VNGOC. I apologise that the VNGOC Chair is not here with you today. I am happy for the INCB Director and Secretary as other INCB colleagues are here with us today. For us, it is helpful to meet in this NGO dialogue. Thank you for taking the time to be with …