Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem: Follow-up to the high-level review by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, in view of the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem to be held in 2016

2017 ◽  
pp. 66-73
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
International Cooperation ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Drug Problem ◽  
The World ◽  
High Level ◽  
Narcotic Drugs

UNGASS 2016: Prospects for Treaty Reform and UN System-Wide Coherence on Drug Policy

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Jelsma
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Special Session ◽  
Drug Problem ◽  
Regime Changes ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
The World ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Treaty Reform

AbstractThis paper explores key lessons from the 1990 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Drug Abuse (UNGASS 1990) and the 1998 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS 1998), and tracks subsequent policy events and trends. It discusses the wide array of increasing tensions and cracks in the “Vienna consensus,” as well as systemic challenges and recent treaty breaches. Various options for treaty reform are explored and the following questions are considered: Given policy developments around the world this past decade, what outcomes can the 2016 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS 2016) have in terms of a new political compromise? How can UNGASS 2016 contribute to more system-wide coherence where previous attempts failed? Can UNGASS 2016 realistically initiate a process of modernizing the global drug control system and breathe oxygen into a system risking asphyxiation? Finally, is there a chance that treaty reform options will be discussed at all, or do today’s political realities still block possible future regime changes?

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