Organized by Portugal and the European Union with the support of Germany, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and EUROPOL The event starts with a video presentation of the new EU Drugs Strategy, which can be accessed on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW7TxVKAF6s The text to the new EU Drugs Strategy 2021-2025 can be …
CND Sessions
Side Event: Online trafficking in synthetic drugs: cyber threats, detection and response
Organized by the UNODC Cybercrime and Money-Laundering Section with the support of the United States of America, and the UNODC Laboratory and Scientific Section Moderator: Live Brenna Cybercrime Programme Officer, the Global Programme on Cybercrime, UNODC Today we will highlight the threat of online trafficking – interagency collaboration is key. Asma Fakhri Coordinator, OPIOID Strategy, …
Shifting the Needle: The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women
Organised by Penal Reform International, CELS, Dejusticia, International Drug Policy Consortium, Thailand Institute of Justice and Washington Office on Latin America Recording in English Recording in Spanish Penal Reform International (Moderator: Triona Lenihan, Policy and International Advocacy Manager): Welcome. Today’s event is being recorded, and there will be English-Spanish interpretation. We will also be sharing …
Side Event: Non-scheduled and designer precursor chemicals – global challenges and global solutions
Organized by the European Union with the support of the United States of America, and the International Narcotics Control Board Cornelis de Joncheere (INCB). ‘Last November, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1988 convention, INCB held a consultation with member states on article 12 of such convention, which concerns precursors. There was …
Side event: Strategic importance of real-time drug data
Organized by the UNODC Research and Trend Analysis Branch with the support of the Group of Friends of UNODC Research H.E. Stephan Klement, Ambassador, European Union Delegation: The EU particularly focuses on real time information. The new drug strategy of 2021-2025 acknowledges the need to addressing existing and evolving challenges of the drug situation, given the …
Side Event: Drug use and COVID-19: public health challenges and priorities at the time of the pandemic and beyond
Side event organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) Mariângela Simão (WHO Assistant Director-General, Access to Medicines and Health Products): I am pleased to welcome you all to this important side event on COVID-19, and to discuss the provision of essential services related to drugs during the pandemic. Throughout the pandemic, WHO emphasised the need …