CND Sessions

66th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (#CND66) – CND Blog Index

Below, the CND Blog offers an Index of the close-to-120 hours of real-time non-literal blogging material captured during the 66th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. INDEX Plenary Committee of the Whole Side Events Informal Dialogues Plenary   Opening of the 66th Session of the CND Item 1. Election of officers Item 2. Adoption of the …

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Side event: “Nothing about us without us”: Opportunities to involve youth in drug policy

Organized by the Students for Sensible Drug Policy with the support of Australia, Canada, the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Youth RISE, Sensible Drug Policy Australia and the International Drug Policy Consortium Liv, CSSDP. Let’s get sensible. CSSDP supports drug education efforts to provide realistic cannabis education through peer to peer services and guidance. We …

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Resolution L3. Promoting alternative development as a development-oriented drug control strategy, taking into account measures to protect the environment and recognizing the rights of Indigenous Peoples (Friday 17 March, morning)

Chair. Dear colleagues, we are still trying to tie loose ends so that we can adopt this resolution. There are a few things I want to say this morning and I hope you will support me so that we can effectively complete the work of the CoW. I want to see everyone demonstrate good faith …

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Plenary Item 9. Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, in line with General Assembly resolutions 75/290 A and 75/290 B, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Chair: (Introduces Item 9 and alludes to official documentation) Secretariat: Contributions of the CND to ECOSOC. New coordination segment was held in February 2023. A video highlighted the work of the CND and ECOSOC subsidiary bodies in general. The CND has been invited to contribute to HLPF on SDGs in July 2023 under the theme …

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Side event (in Spanish): Relevancia de la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en las políticas de drogas. Indicadores para el monitoreo

Organizado por Argentina con el apoyo de Brasil, Colombia, México e Intercambios Asociación Civil, y COPOLAD. Pablo Cymerman, Intercambios. Las inequidades de géneros atraviesan los temas relacionados con políticas de drogas. Esta sesión pretende mostrar que están haciendo los países latinoamericanos en esta materia en sus políticas de prevención, atención e investigación. Antes de presentar …

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