Items tagged with UN drug control
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| UN System-Wide Coherence [16.02.2009] | The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, wrote a letter to the delegates negotiating the Political Declaration for the 52nd session of the UN ... |
| Toward a Paradigm Shift [12.02.2009] | Prohibitionist policies based on the eradication of production and on the disruption of drug flows as well as on the criminalization of consumption h ... |
| Toward a Paradigm Shift [11.02.2009] | The Commission Gathered at its Second Meeting, in Bogota The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy presented its conclusions at a press co ... |
| International Support for Harm Reduction [20.01.2009] | A useful overview of UN endorsement of harm reduction measures; the legality of harm reduction services under the Drug Conventions; the obligation in ... |
| UNGASS review reaches critical stage [03.11.2008] | Transnational Institute, November 2008 The review of the objectives and action plans agreed at the 1998 UNGASS on Drugs has reached a critical stage. ... |
| IDPC Response to the UNODC 2008 World Drug Report [31.08.2008] | In this response to the UNODC's World Drug Report 2008, the IDPC continues to support the concept of the Office acting in a capacity as a 'centre of ... |
| Beyond 2008: Final Declaration and Resolutions [23.07.2008] | The Beyond 2008 NGO Forum was held in Vienna, Austria from July 7-9, 2008. It was the final step in the global consultation of NGOs involved in respon ... |
| Beyond 2008 video [23.07.2008] | Wednesday, 23 July 2008 From 7-9 July, 2008, 300 delegates met in Vienna for the Beyond 2008 NGO Forum meant to provide civil society input for the 1 ... |
| Beyond 2008 – a truly remarkable event [12.07.2008] | Earlier this week, 7-9 July, 300 delegates met in Vienna for the Beyond 2008 NGO Forum meant to provide civil society input for the 10-year UNGASS re ... |
| The current state of drug policy debate [09.06.2008] | Martin Jelsma, from the Transnational Institute, prepared an analysis for the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, explaining the drug p ... |
| Refreshing Costa's memory [08.06.2008] | Today, June 8, it is 10 years ago that the world leaders gathered in New York for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the ... |
| INCB out of step with the United Nations [03.06.2008] | The United Nations should overhaul the operations of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the quasi judicial body that monitors states’ ... |
| Rewriting history [01.06.2008] | The world today is not any closer to achieving the ten-year targets set by the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs. These goal ... |
| Canada drug law contributes to the harm it seeks to prevent [28.05.2008] | In a surprise ruling yesterday, the British Colombia Supreme Court supported Vancouver's experimental supervised injection clinic Insite - North Amer ... |
| Harm Reduction 2008 [12.05.2008] | Monday, 12 May 2008 The International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harms is taking place in Barcelona, May 11-15. UN Special Rapporteu ... |
| Latin America needs a new drug policy approach [02.05.2008] | Friday, 2 May 2008 TNI’s Martin Jelsma participated in the inaugural meeting in Rio de Janeiro of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democrac ... |
| The Life of a Human Rights Resolution [22.04.2008] | At the March 2008 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), Uruguay tabled a resolution 'Ensuring the proper integration of the United Nations human rights ... |
| The 2008 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [13.04.2008] | The 51st Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was designated as the point at which the international community would debate the progress made in the 10 ... |
| Coca Leaf: The Heritage of the Andes [08.04.2008] | A film by the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) |
| Missing document found [01.04.2008] | Our worries about a possible censorship of Mr. Costa's Conference Room Paper "Making drug control 'fit for purpose': Building on the UNGASS decade" a ... |
| Coca Leaf Defended by Growers, Scientists… and Taxi Drivers [24.03.2008] | "They will have to kill us to make us stop planting coca," Bolivian coca grower Luis Mamani told IPS in response to a call from the International Nar ... |
| Commenting Mr. Costa's opening remarks [21.03.2008] | The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) made some interesting video news items on the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. In this one leading civils soc ... |
| Statements at 2008 CND [17.03.2008] | Several government and UN officials as well as civil society organisations made interesting statements at the 51st session of the Commission on Narco ... |
| Fighting for the Right to Chew Coca [17.03.2008] | The Bolivian delegation was the first to issue what it called an "energetic protest" against the INCB's recommendations during the agency's annual me ... |
| Human rights and drug control [16.03.2008] | One of the most debated issues at the 2008 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was a resolution entitled “Proper integration of the United Nations huma ... |
| Long life to coca leaf! [13.03.2008] | With a “Causachun coca! (quechua), viva la coca. Long life to coca leaf!” the vice -minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia ended his intervention on ... |
| Intervention of Bolivia at the 2008 Commission on Narcotic Drugs [12.03.2008] | With a "Causachun coca! (quechua), viva la coca. Long life to coca leaf!" the vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia Hugo Fernandez ended his in ... |
| Bolivia to defend coca leaf at UN [10.03.2008] | Bolivian officials at a conference on illegal drugs in Vienna are planning to ask the UN to remove the coca plant from its list of dangerous drugs. T ... |
| Blessing in disguise? [09.03.2008] | Yesterday, President Evo Morales of Bolivia sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon rejecting the recommendations of the International Narc ... |
| Letter Evo Morales to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [08.03.2008] | In response to the 2007 annual report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which called on countries to 'abolish or prohibit coca lea ... |
| Our studies will confirm the certainty of our assertions [08.03.2008] | Recently, TNI put online the Report of the Commission of Enquiry on the Coca Leaf, that was published in 1950 and provided the rationale for the incl ... |
| Hearing at the European Parliament [07.03.2008] | Peter Sarosi of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union reports on the hearing at the European Parliament organized by the Alliance of Liberals and Democr ... |
| UN needs to chew on its drug policy [07.03.2008] | In an article in the National Post from Canada, journalist Steve Edwards mocks the wisdom of the INCBs recent recommendation to 'abolish or prohibit ... |
| Peru and Bolivia revolt against the INCB [06.03.2008] | Cocaleros in Bolivia threathen to occupy the installations of the United Nations in the country as well as those of Coca Cola in El Alto in protest a ... |
| UN needs to chew on its drug policy [06.03.2008] | We don’t ban beer and spirits because some folk abuse alcohol. Yet as part of its bid to stamp out illicit cocaine consumption, the United Nations dr ... |
| INCB: controversial statements on coca leaf [05.03.2008] | Read here the full text of the controversial statements on coca leaf included in this year's Annual Report of the INCB. Some highlights: > "The Board ... |
| INCB & Coca [05.03.2008] | When the INCB Annual Report for 2007 – under embargo until March 5 – started to circulate about a month ago, I was in complete shock after reading th ... |
| Recalibrating the Regime [04.03.2008] | This new report, co-authored by the HR2 team, looks at the tensions between some aspects of the global drug control system and international human ri ... |
| An inspirational proposal from Ecuador [03.03.2008] | On 21-23 February we organised our now seventh ‘informal drug policy dialogue’, this time in collaboration with the Ecuadorian government and with WOL ... |
| UNGASS ten years on [01.03.2008] | Weaknesses in the United Nations drug control system have often been identified, related to the functioning of the key organs – the UN Office on Drug ... |
| The resolution of ambiguities regarding coca [01.03.2008] | The international legal status of the coca leaf and of its traditional uses in the Andes has long been ambiguous and contested. While the Internation ... |
| UN Drug Conventions Reform [24.02.2008] | TNI briefing for the 2003 UNGASS mid-term review March 2003 The backbone of the United Nations drug control system consists of three UN Drug Conventi ... |
| Unique in International Relations? [21.02.2008] | In a new report released in February 2008 by the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), the INCB comes in for some heavy criticism for bein ... |
| UN: conflicting views on harm reduction [18.02.2008] | Conflicting views and policies within the UN system on harm reduction have become a major concern. Consistency in messages is crucial especially wher ... |
| The World Drug Report 2007 [31.07.2007] | This IDPC Briefing reviews the data in the latest report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime on the state of the global market, criticises the clai ... |
| UNGASS review 2008-2009 [31.03.2007] | The 50th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), held in Vienna from 12-16 March 2007 was the last such event before the watershed year of 2008, when the ... |
| De-vilifying the coca leaf [09.03.2007] | Venezuelan funding of new coca leaf processing factories in Bolivia has renewed discussion on the future of licit coca products and US and Bolivian r ... |
| Sending the wrong message [01.03.2007] | The INCB, rather than making harsh judgements based on a selective choice of outdated treaty articles, should use its mandate more constructively and ... |
| Just Say Coca [30.10.2006] | Bolivian president Evo Morales recently implored the United Nations to give the coca leaf a new life. A former coca farmer himself, Morales asked the ... |
| The 2006 World Drug Report: winning the war on drugs? [01.09.2006] | This briefing paper looks at the issues raised by the publication in June of the latest World Drug Report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and C ... |
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