The Opioid Crisis and the International Response: An Interview with UNODC’s Asma Fakhri
We spoke to Asma Fakhri, UNODC Opioid Strategy Coordinator, about the global opioid crisis and United Nations efforts to tackle it. Read More»
National Statement at the 2019 CND
U.S. National Statement Statement at the High Level Segment of the 62nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Read More»
Media Note: Assistant Secretary Kirsten D. Madison Travel to Vienna, Austria
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 ... Read More»
U.S. National Statement at the opening of the reconvened sixty-first session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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 ... Read More»
U.S. National Statement at the Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting on International Challenges Posed by the Non-Medical Use of Synthetic Opioids
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 ... Read More»
Show More ∨