“As representatives of ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations who have attended the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), we write to express our concern and discontent with the recent recommendation by the Extended Bureau, relayed by CND secretary Andres Finguerut, that the Committee of the Whole should be a “private” meeting excluding NGOs. This recommendation violates the spirit of NGO inclusion as expressed in CND resolution 49/2 and by former Secretary General Annan’s call for greater engagement of civil society actors. . . .”
Letter to ECOSOC and the UNODC re: exclusion of NGOs from CND Committee of the Whole
Author
Joanne Csete, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Raminta Stuikyte, Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network, Nikos Dedes, European AIDS Treatment Group, Joseph Amon, Human Rights Watch, and Daniel Wolfe, Open Society Institute
Topics
Drug Policy
Language
English