Items tagged with UN drug control
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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 ... |
International Drug Control: 100 Years of Success? [26.06.2006] | In its 2006 World Drug Report, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) struggles to construct success stories to convince the world that the global ... |
Coca Yes, Cocaine No? [01.05.2006] | A decade-old demand to remove the coca leaf from strict international drugs controls has come to the fore again. Time has come to repair an historica ... |
Beyond Punitive Prohibition [01.03.2006] | The primary objective of this paper is to evaluate whether the drug conventions permit states to experiment with alternatives to the punitive prohibi ... |
The UN Drug Control Debate [24.10.2005] | The 48th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), 7-11 March 2005 in Vienna, was plagued by controversy about the legitimacy of harm red ... |
Global Trends. Lessons from Vienna [20.06.2003] | Martin Jelsma analysed the 2003 UNGASS mid-term review and drew some important conclusions for the 10-year review in 2008: "Alliances have to be cons ... |
TNI: Cracks in the Vienna consensus [17.04.2003] | In a first analysis of the outcomes of the 2003 UNGASS mid-term review in April 2003, TNI concluded that the outcomes were very disappointing. The ab ... |
Coca, Cocaine and the International Conventions [01.04.2003] | It is no understatement to claim that there are few plants subject to such tensions as the coca leaf, either in legal and political circuits, or in t ... |
Drugs in the UN system [01.04.2003] | The "international community" presented an apparent unanimity in its endorsement of prohibitive drug control at the United Nations General Assembly S ... |
Geo-political and cultural constraints on international drug control treaties [01.04.2003] | It is a noble and worthy step to attempt to change the drug control treaties, but this is likely to take a long time and it may not be the essential ... |
The Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the United Nations International Drug Control Programme [01.04.2003] | Meetings of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) are no forum for debate and change. The author, a former senior officer of the United Nations Inte ... |
Alternative development: an introduction [01.03.2003] | Alternative Development programmes, aimed at encouraging peasants to switch from growing illicit drugs-related crops, play an important role in UN dr ... |
Challenging the UN drug control conventions [01.03.2003] | Increasing numbers of sovereign states are beginning to review their stance on the prohibition based UN drug control conventions. Recent years have s ... |
Breaking the Impasse [01.07.2002] | The past decade has seen an increasing polarisation between divergent trends in global drug policies. On the one hand, there has been an escalation i ... |
European Cannabis Policies Under Attack [01.04.2002] | A strong attack against the European practice of 'leniency' regarding cannabis use and possession took place at the United Nations Commission on Narc ... |
Alternative Development and Drug Control [08.01.2002] | What can Alternative Development interventions realistically hope to achieve, given the growing demand for illicit drugs and the continuing prevalenc ... |
New Possibilities for Change in International Drug Control [01.12.2001] | The Executive Director of the Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), Pino Arlacchi, will resign mid-2002. Mr. Arlacchi's position becam ... |
A Lost Opportunity [15.06.1998] | United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS) New York, 8-10 June 1998 The "United Nations General Assembly Spec ... |
Cheerleaders Against Drugs [08.06.1998] | Manhattan is filled this week with world leaders attending a well-intentioned but misdirected United Nations conference on drugs. With drugs more ple ... |
Lessons To Learn [02.06.1998] | The United Nations Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP) is rallying support for the UN General Assembly Special Session to Counter the World Drug Problem ... |
Caught in the Crossfire [01.06.1998] | Drugs control is one of the most controversial issues of the late twentieth century. US-led efforts to wage a ‘war on drugs' have focused on wiping o ... |
Full scope on the War on Drugs [30.04.1998] | An elderly cleaning lady enters the huge empty UN aula in New York with her polishing cart, to get the venue spic-and-span for an important upcoming ... |
Background briefing on UNGASS [24.03.1998] | Background on the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drug Control Martin Jelsma TNI Briefing, March 1998 The "Special Session of the ... |
The WHO Cocaine Project [03.03.1995] | In 1995 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) announced in a press r ... |
Report of the Commission of Enquiry on the Coca Leaf [01.05.1950] | In 1961 the coca leaf was listed on Schedule I of the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs together with cocaine and heroin. The inclusion of coca ... |
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