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The Minister's Assistant, the Hon. Emma McBride MP, will lead the Australian delegation to the Excessive Stage Section of the 67th session for the United Nations Fee on Narcotic Medicine (CND).
The session shall be held in Vienna, Austria from 14 to fifteen March 2024.
Assistant Minister McBride will meet with high-level delegates from different nations to debate a various vary of drug-related points and can symbolize Australia at a variety of key occasions, together with the US International Coalition to Handle the Artificial Drug Threats.
As a part of the Pledge4Action initiative, Australia may also make pledges pledging continued help for motion to cut back hurt related to drug use.
The CND is the primary coverage physique of the United Nations on medication. It coordinates worldwide efforts to manage the use and motion of narcotic medication and psychotropic substances, in addition to to make sure their continued availability for medical functions.
Australia has been an lively member of the CND since 1973.
The Excessive-Stage Section of CND67 brings collectively member states, worldwide organizations and civil society for the mid-term overview of all worldwide drug coverage commitments, as members comply with step up motion nationwide, regional and worldwide in 2019.
This essential and well timed overview will take inventory of the progress made since 2019. It should additionally chart the best way for the following 5 years – implementing agreed commitments and addressing persistent and rising world drug challenges.
Australia has a robust repute for supporting a balanced well being, regulation enforcement and human rights strategy to drug coverage at worldwide drug coverage conferences, notably on the CND.
The Minister's presence permits Australia to show its work and achievements in addressing the worldwide drug scenario, notably within the public health-led strategy to drug coverage.
In accordance with the World Drug Report 2023, in 2021, one in each 17 folks aged 15-64 on this planet had used both a bootleg drug or a pharmacy for non-medical functions within the final 12 months.
The estimated quantity of people that have used illicit medication or prescribed drugs not as prescribed has elevated from 240 million in 2011 to 296 million in 2021.
Quotes attributed to Assistant Minister, Emma McBride:
“The Australian Authorities has a robust file of advocacy and motion to deal with world drug challenges as a part of the worldwide neighborhood.
“This discussion board is a crucial milestone in a 10-year dedication made by CND members to cut back the hurt related to using illicit and non-medical medication.
“Australia has a long-standing dedication to hurt minimisation, which considers the well being, social and financial penalties of drug use on people, households and communities.
“The Australian Authorities offers important funding for a spread of therapy, prevention and hurt discount initiatives, so I sit up for sharing the Australian expertise and greatest apply fashions and studying from others.”
