2024 UN Civil Society Conference —Highlight: 'Drug Policy for the Future'
The United Nations Civil Society Conference is the premier event on the civil society calendar at the United Nations. The Conference offers civil society organizations an opportunity to put a global perspective on a specific issue and brings together senior UN System officials, prominent international civil society organizations, youth changemakers, academia, public opinion makers, and international media to discuss issues of global concern. This international forum, expected to host some 1500 participants, will provide preliminary discussions and data ahead of the Summit of the Future in September 2024 at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Since 1947, sixty-eight civil society conferences have resulted in successful outcomes due to previous interactions with civil society organizations.
Participation & 'The Future of Drug Policy'
As part of the stakeholder consultations to feed into the Summit of the Future, the 2024 UN Civil Society Conference (9-10 May 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya) will focus on the Summit of the Future. With the aim to open room for drug policy voices the Vienna & New York NGO Committees on Drugs are convening an ImPACT Coalition for the upcoming Civil Society Conference in Nairobi (9-10 May).
The title of our coalition and session is as follows: »The Future of Drug Policy«. It will build on the Global Civil Society Report and the recommendations identified therein. The proposed agenda is available here.
As one of the initial steps of the ImPACT Coalition we’ll convene a hybrid session at the Civil Society Conference on 10 May 2024, 12.30-14.00 EAT (UTC+3).
The outcomes of the session on 10 May will feed into the Chair’s summary of the Civil Society Conference and are an important opportunity to try to ensure that drug related issues are also taken into consideration at the Summit of the Future.
We invite all interested stakeholders to contribute to the session!
Please register here to join online: https://bit.ly/3Jvil49
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