Organized by the UNODC Civil Society Unit with the support of Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Moderator: Jamie Bridge, Vienna NGO Commitee on Drugs Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division for Treaty Affairs, UNODC [Welcoming remarks]: The event will showcase activities of NGOs upholding services in difficult times. We hope pandemic will be behind us soon, but …
CND Sessions
Side event A new chapter in law enforcement influencing drug policy
Side event organized by LEAP Suzanne Sharkey – LEAP UK My name is Suzanne Sharkey. I am Co executive director of UK Leap, also Europe. Welcome everybody, and if you’d like, throughout the panel discussion, if you have any questions that you’d like put to the panel, please use the question answer box, which should …
Side event: Access to Controlled Medicines During COVID-19: meeting the needs of patients around the world
Organized by Belgium with the support of Australia, Canada, El Salvador, France, Lithuania, the Russian Federation, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care, the International Narcotics Control Board, the Union for Cancer Control, the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs and the …
Plenary – Item 6. Follow-up to the implementation at the national, regional and international levels of all commitments, as reflected in the Ministerial Declaration of 2019, to address and counter the world drug problem (continued)
Nigeria: My country reiterates our commitment to address the world drug problem in a balanced, comprehensive and integrated approach. We believe that better implementation of our national drug control masterplan will enhance our efforts. Our plan is built on 5 pillars: supply reduction tackles cannabis suppression as it remains the drug most commonly abused in …
Side Event: Emergence of methamphetamine production in South-West Asia
Organized by the UNODC Country Office Afghanistan Focus of the side event is to look at production of methamphetamine in Afghanistan. Moderator: Anubha Sood Afghanistan, Ambassador Manizha Bakhtari I will provide an overview of the current drug situation in Afghanistan and synthetic market in Afghanistan and the region. There are positive results of seizures and …
Side Event: Addressing the harms of criminalisation and policing with criminal justice and drug policy reform
Organized by the Norwegian Association for Humane Drug Policies with the support of Norway, and the Drug Policy Alliance, the International Drug Policy Consortium, NoBox Philippines, Release, and StreetLawPH. Thursday, 15th April 2021, 10:00 – 10:50 (CET – Vienna) Co-sponsored by Norway, the Norwegian Association for Humane Drug Policies, Drug Policy Alliance, IDPC, NoBox Philippines, …