Organized by the Government of Slovenia, Utrip Institute for Research and Development, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe and IOGT International. Ministry of Health, Slovenia: (…) Ministry of Health, Kenya: Illicit drug trafficking and abuse remains a challenge to development in Kenya. The devastating effect of drug abuse cuts across sectors: health, education, food …
Side Events
Side event: Drug control policies and the militarisation of security: Reflections on the experience in the Americas
Organised by Conectas, the Brazilian Drug Policy Platform, the Washington Office on Latin America and the Centre for Legal and Social Studies. Today we will be talking about how drug control policies and the militarisation of the Americas are related to each other. There are 2 specific moments related to this context: (1) last year, …
Side event: Strengthening the evidence base on drug use in Nigeria
Organized by the Government of Nigeria and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Country Office for Nigeria Vivian Okeke, the Nigerian Ambassador, welcomed all on behalf of the organizers. She emphasized the strong partnership between the Nigerian government and the UNODC country team. The first ever national survey on drug use in Nigeria …
Side event: Réformes politiques et lois sur les drogues en Afrique de l’Ouest
Cisse Mariama Mohamed, Union Africaine. Je voudrais remercier les organisateurs du side-event qui nous réunit aujourd’hui. Le phénomène de la drogue n’épargne aucun continent et l’Afrique est devenu aujourd’hui un lieu de prédilection des trafiquants mais aussi du crime organisé tirant profit du trafic. Les conséquences sont énormes, non seulement sur le plan économique mais aussi de …
Side event: Innovative national approaches to address illicit synthetic drug threats
Organized by the Governments of Canada, Colombia and the United States of America. US: Trafficking in synthetic drugs is the main challenge of our generation and the next. Compounds on issues we faced with traditional drugs. Recognize this as a complex international challenge. Many online drug transfers are transacted through virtual currencies. One synthetic drug …
Side event: Addressing stigma: Continuing the discussion
Organized by the Governments of Canada, Estonia, Norway and Uruguay, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, and the Civil Society Task Force. Rite Notarandrea, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA): Stigma is discriminatory behaviour against a group of people. Addiction is not a moral failing, it …