Organized by Canada, and Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and International Drug Policy Consortium Fatal drug-related overdose is a pressing health crisis in North America. Highly potent synthetic opioids, including fentanyl and analogues, are increasingly present in the unregulated opioid …
Permanent representative of Slovenia (Chair): dialogue on adaptation of prevention in context of cannabis regulation is timely. Mrs Ada Hoceyev, Slovenian Institute of Public Health: new developments are triggering debates on how to respond to cannabis. Slovenia is a very small country in the heart of Europe. Lifetime prevalence of the use of illicit drugs …
Title Norway: Promoting measures to prevent and treat viral hepatitis C attributable to drug use. Chair: Approved. Financial resources management service: Draw attention to OP5 & 11 1.4million for two years required to support member states to support actions related to WHO strategy implementation. On OP11, 30,000 to inform MS on measures taken to prevent …
El Salvador: I have a question about 6A? Will we dealing with the review or the commitments. Under item 5 with the international control treaties we dill with each sub-paragraph, so how would 6B for all the commitments, then B for the review? Secretariat: My understanding that item 6 would be much more comprehensive and …
Commission on Science, Technology and Development: Every year our committee has two priorities. The first is focusing on the impact of rapid technological change on sustainable development. The likes of big data, synthetic technology can create great opportunities to address the SDG’s. New technology also poses challenges. These can raise inequalities and facilitate illegal activities. Science …
Brazil: We had informal consultations last afternoon and we seem to have agreement on the substance of the test. We haven’t agreed to the language “women who use drugs”. IT’s pending agreement and that’s throughout the text. Title Chair: Starting from the title. Comments? No? Approved… China: We thank Brazil for her guidance through these …