Chair: we will now reopen item number 9. Subitems B – E. commission invited WHO with support of UNODC to conduct regular reviews of scheduling. Item 9B – Laboratory and Scientific Section (UNODC): New psychoactive substances have been associated with harms to man, in particular to vulnerable populations. In 2008-19, 119 countries and territories reported …
CND Sessions
Plenary: Item 8. Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions
Chair: Before we start, I would like to give the opportunity to the Conference Management Service to play a short video. Conference Management Service: Our interpreters are key to facilitate this multicultural space. They’re your voice in the other languages. The visualised messages are a reminder of the need to slow down your delivery, increase …
Side event: Cannabis law reform in the Americas: Regulation gains momentum
Organized by the Governments of Mexico and Uruguay, the Washington Office on Latin America, Center of Studies for Law, Justice and Society, Intercambios Asociación Civil, México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law, and the Transnational Institute. Isabel Pereira, DeJusticia: Will discuss cannabis law reform and how it is moving forward …
Side Event: Legal and Institutional Framework on Drug Control and Related Organized Crime in West Africa
Organized by the Government of Nigeria, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the Economic Community of West African States. Barbara Goedde (Global Commission on Drug Policy): Welcome on behalf of the co-sponsors, including the Global Commission on Drug Policy. Today we will hear from the Ambassador in Nigeria, and Nigeria have been playing a formal …
Side event: Malaysia’s integrated approach to the drug problem
Organized by the Government of Malaysia. Addressing the threat of kratom and methamphetamine in Malaysia Permanent Representative of Malaysia in Vienna: Kratom is a growing threat in our region and we have two experts who will share their experience concerning this menace of kratom and methamphetamine. National Anti-Drugs Agency: Kratom is a tropical tree that can grow …
Side event: From abstract principles to concrete guidance: International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy
Organized by the Governments of Canada, Germany, Mexico and Switzerland, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization. The International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy can be accessed online here. H.E. Ambassador Claude Wild, Switzerland: Celebration of a milestone. Today we launch the International Guidelines on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Fruitful collaboration between International …