Synthetic Opioids Archives | U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna

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 ...

By hugheskj | 6 December, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Speeches, Statements | Tags: CND, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Drugs, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC

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 ...

By hugheskj | 3 December, 2018 | Topics: News, Speeches, Statements | Tags: CND, Fentanyl, INCB, Opioid Crisis, Opioids, Synthetic Opioids, UNODC, WHO