With the High Level Segment of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) scheduled for the 13th and 14th March 2014, member states are continuing their work to negotiate and agree a ‘Joint Ministerial Statement’ that reviews the progress, challenges and next steps for international drug policy. This was the first inter-sessional meeting of 2014, …
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CND Inter-Sessional – Wednesday 11th December 2013
Four intersessional meetings have been held so far, and member state delegations met again on 11st December to continue the negotiations around the Joint Ministerial Statement, on a basis of the chairman’s new draft sent on 5th December. Below is an account of the discussions that took place at the intersessional. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE …
CND Inter-Sessional – Monday 18th November 2013
The Peruvian Chair expressed his aim to go through all of the paragraphs in order – starting at paragraph 30 (which is where I assume they reached in the informals last week). He asked for member state assistance in doing this. First, Mexico was asked to report back on negotiations for P6 and P10, but …
CND Intersessional Meeting – Monday 5th November 2013
On 5th November 2013, country delegations gathered once again in Vienna for more detailed negotiations on the Joint Ministerial Statement. The Peruvian Chair only circulated a revised draft of the Statement on 30th October, so many member states once again complained about not having enough time to formulate their comments. Importantly, however, the Chair’s new …
CND Intersessional Meeting – Wednesday 16th October 2013
The United Nations (UN) member states are currently working on a ‘Joint Ministerial Statement’ to review progress and challenges in international drug control since the agreement of a Political Declaration on drugs in 2009. The Statement will be released in March. This intersessional meeting was another opportunity for member state delegations to discuss and recommend …
CND Intersessional Meeting – Wednesday 25th September 2013
This intersessional meeting was intended as the first day of formal negotiations on the draft of the Joint Ministerial Statement (JMS) for the 2014 High Level Segment. However, the Peruvian Chair stated at the opening that the original plan – to produce a collation of member state comments/proposals, then work through them systematically in three …