23-27 September 2019, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
The Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East held its 54 th session in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 23 to 27 September 2019. The meeting was attended by representatives of 16 Near and Middle East States plus observers from Armenia, Germany, Italy, the Russian Federation, the State of Palestine, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the Council of Arab Ministers of Interior, the GCC Criminal Information Centre to Combat Drugs, SCO and the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre for Combating Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors (CARICC).
The opening of the session was addressed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Aziz Abdukhakimov, by the Director of the National Information Analytical Center for Drug Control (NCDC), Mr. Olim Narzullayev, and by the UNODC Representative for Central Asia, Ms. Ashita Mittal on behalf of the UNODC Executive Director.The meeting covered a wide range of issues and included four working groups focusing on: (a) Importance of exchange of actionable intelligence and the role of regional cooperation platforms in facilitating that exchange; (b) Trafficking in synthetic opioids and synthetic cannabinoids and measures to counter such trafficking; (c) Record levels of opiate production and related challenges; and (d) Practical measures tailored to the specific needs of children and youth to prevent and treat drug abuse among them.
The recommendations adopted by the meeting will be brought to the consideration of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its 63 rd session in March 2020.
List of Documents
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Questionnaire |
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Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an integrated and balanced strategy to counter the world drug problem |
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Joint Ministerial Statement of the 2014 High-Level Review by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Implementation by Member States of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem |
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Outcome document adopted by the General Assembly at its special session on the world drug problem (19-21 April 2016, New York), entitled "Out joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem" |
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Ministerial Declaration on strengthening our actions at the national, regional and international levels to accelerate the implementation of our joint commitments to address and counter the world drug problem |
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Provisional agenda, annotations and proposed organization of work |
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Note by the Secretariat transmitting the "Report of the Secretariat on the world situation with regard to drug trafficking" ( E/CN.7/2019/5 ) |
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Report of the Secretariat on the current situation with respect to regional and subregional cooperation |
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Note by the Secretariat on the implementation of the recommendations adopted by the Subcommission at its fifty-second session |
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Note by the Secretariat on the organization of the fifty-fifth session of the Subcommission |
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Report of the fifty-fourth session of the Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East |