House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London 4TH December 2006 9.30am – 5.30pm
This seminar was arranged to review the preparations for the forthcoming global review of the international drug control system. The review by national governments, under the auspices of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is likely to consist of the collation of data and evidence that describe progress and problems since the last review in 1998, the consideration of that material by national governments, and a high-level political meeting to discuss lessons learned and map out the way forward. There are signs that the contribution of Civil Society – NGOs, professional bodies and academics – to this process, has the potential to be much more integrated than it has been in previous reviews.
A number of Civil Society organisations have already begun to think how they might best influence this process. This seminar therefore aims to bring together the key individuals and agencies involved in these processes to review the current state of preparations for the structure and content of the process, and to discuss how Civil Society can be most usefully involved.
Morning Session:
Afternoon Session:
The second section of the seminar concentrated on some of the priority subjects that Civil Society may wish to address through this process:
Discussion:
The final section of the seminar consisted of a structured but open discussion of ways in which Civil Society can work together to develop constructive proposals for the UNGASS process, and promote their ideas through the UN agencies, national governments and the media.
