DUSHANBE, March 11, 2015, Asia-Plus — A report by the Tajik Drug Control Agency (DCA) about the drug situation in Tajikistan in 2014 has been presented in Vienna on the sidelines of the ongoing 58th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (SND).
According to the Tajik MFA information department, Tajikistan is represented at the Session by the Permanent Mission of Tajikistan to the OSCE other International Organizations in Vienna.
The 58th Session of the Commission is being held between March 9 and 17. This year a special segment lasting four days will be held on preparations for the UN General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem in 2016. Following this, between March 13 and 17, the Commission”s regular segment includes deliberations on draft resolutions and the scope of the control of substances.
This CND session reportedly brought together around 1,000 delegates representing Member States, inter-governmental organizations, civil society and the media for a global discussion on the world drug problem. This year, the Commission discusses 12 draft resolutions; 65 side events will also be held on the margins of the commission, as well as numerous exhibitions.
Established in 1946, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs is one of the functional commissions of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and is the central drug policy-making body within the United Nations system. The Commission has important functions under the drug control treaties in force today; most notably, it can amend the Schedules of controlled substances under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
The Commission consists of 53 states, serving 4-year terms, with the following distribution of seats among regions: eleven for African States; eleven for Asian States; ten for Latin American and Caribbean States; seven for Eastern European States; fourteen for Western European and other States; and one seat to rotate between the Asian, and the Latin American and Caribbean States every four years.
