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What hope remains for drug policy reform at UNGASS?

The inability to recognise the reality of the current situation worldwide is the biggest failing of the ‘outcome document’ for the UN General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem. Español

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United Nations, New York. Flickr/United Nations Photo. Some rights reserved.
United Nations, New York. Flickr/United Nations Photo. Some rights reserved.

United Nations, New York. Flickr/United Nations Photo. Some rights reserved.

The Fifty-Ninth Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) took place from 14 to 22 March 2016 in Vienna. This year’s meeting included a preparatory session for the forthcoming UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the world drug problem and agreed an ‘outcome document’ which sets out what will be negotiated at UNGASS.