U.S. Statement under Agenda Item 8 of the Reconvened Session of the 62nd Session of the CND and Agenda Item 4 of the Reconvened Session of the 28th Session of the CCPCJ: Strategic Management, Budgetary and Administrative Questions.
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 12 December, 2019 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Statements | Tags: CCPCJ, CND, UNODC
U.S. National Statement Statement at the High Level Segment of the 62nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs.
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By peterscj | 14 March, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, Press Releases, Statements, U.S. & UNVIE | Tags: Ambassador, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fentanyl, INL, Kirsten Madison, media note, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, press release, Synthetic Opioids
Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Kirsten D. Madison will lead the U.S. delegation to the High-Level Segment of the 62nd Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), March 14-15, in Vienna, Austria. At the CND, the United States will seek increased national action to control the illicit ...
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By peterscj | 14 March, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, News, Press Releases, U.S. & UNVIE | Tags: Ambassador, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fentanyl, INL, Kirsten Madison, media note, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, press release, Synthetic Opioids
Thank you, Madam Chair. Before I begin my comments on the CND, I would like to note that today is a National Day of Mourning throughout the United States and our embassies and missions around the world, in honor of my country’s 41st President, George H.W. Bush. I thank those of you who have expressed ...
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By peterscj | 6 December, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, Statements | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC
Thank you, Chair, for offering me the floor to speak on such an important topic. Thank you to the UNODC Secretariat for supporting preparations for this expert meeting, which the Commission requested last year in Resolution 61/8 to learn more about the challenges posed by the non-medical use of synthetic opioids and to propose core ...
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By peterscj | 3 December, 2018 | Topics: News, Speeches, Statements | Tags: CND, Fentanyl, INCB, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC, WHO
Press Release March 14, 2018 Vienna, Austria U.S. Welcomes Commission on Narcotic Drugs Vote on Carfentanil The United States welcomes today’s unanimous vote at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to add carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 10,000 times more powerful than morphine, to the list of controlled substances under the UN Single ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 14 March, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs
U.S. Focuses on Carfentanil during Commission on Narcotic Drugs Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50. While the opioid epidemic has reached crisis proportions in the United States, it is far from being an exclusively American problem. “Families, communities, and citizens across our country are currently ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 13 March, 2018 | Topics: News | Tags: Carfentanil, CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Fentanyl, Narcotics, Opioid Crisis
When you think of the United Nations, what comes to mind? Blue-helmeted peacekeepers in a faraway land perhaps? Or humanitarian workers delivering food aid to refugees? But did you know that the UN is an organization that is helping curb American overdose deaths in the current opioid epidemic? In fact, it is. Last Thursday in ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 22 March, 2017 | Topics: News | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
Statement of Kara McDonald, United States Department of State 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) United States Intervention after Agenda Item 8(b) Votes on ANPP and NPP Vienna, Austria; March 13, 2017 Thank you Madam Chair. I want to express the gratitude of my government for this show of solidarity and support ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 16 March, 2017 | Topics: News, Statements | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC
Statement of Andrew J. Schofer, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna 60th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) Agenda Item 3 Vienna, Austria; March 13, 2017 As Delivered Madame Chair, The United States welcomes the Report of the Executive Director on the activities of UNODC in 2016, which ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 15 March, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, News, Statements | Tags: CND
Remarks for the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) Special Segment on the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem, Ambassador Laura S.H. Holgate, U.S. Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria, November 30, 2016. Thank you, Chair. Seven months ago, the international community gathered at ...
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By U.S. Mission UNVIE | 30 November, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Statements | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, INCB, International Narcotics Control Board, Narcotics, UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem, UNGASS
