Invitation: UNODC 65th CND side event on March 14 – Rome Consensus 2.0 towards a Humanitarian Drug Policy – European Red Cross/Red Crescent Network on HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to join “Police and Drug Treatment Together: the Global Emergence of Deflection as a Humanitarian Crime Reduction Approach to Drugs” side event during the 65th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna on March 14th at 1:10 PM (CET).

The online panel is organized, within the Rome Consensus 2.0 framework by Chicago Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities TASC., and The Police, Treatment, and Community Collaborative PTACC.
The event is co-sponsored by:

Red Cross and Red Crescent Partnership on Substance Abuse IFRC, The Villa Maraini Foundation, Italian Red Cross (ITALY)
Pompidou Group – Council of Europe
Knowmad Institut (EL SALVADOR/GERMANY)
Section Commander for Substance Abuse Program of SAPS South Africa Police Services (SOUTH AFRICA).
MENAHRA Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association (LEBANON)
DPNSEE Drug Policy Network of South East Europe, HOPS Healthy Options Project Skopje (NORTH MACEDONIA)

Register here to join the event on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_G8us9PT9R8GOJsbIRKX7xA

You will receive soon another invitation to join a side event organized by the Italian Government. The online event will take place on Tuesday, 15th March at 11.10PM (CET) and will focus on “The Humanitarian approach to drug policy: opportunities and challenges for effective cooperation between public authorities and health-based organizations”.
The Italian Minister in charge of National Drug Policy, Ms. Fabiana Dadone will deliver the opening speech. The panel is co-sponsored by:

Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Dr. Massimo Barra, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC)
World Health Organization
Pompidou Group Council of Europe
Republic of Ecuador
Republic of Kenya
PalCHASE University of Cambridge

During the panel, the Rome Consensus 2.0 initiative will be presented as a good practice of effective cooperation between government and CSOs.

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