MAC is committed to creating an environment free from the negative impacts of HIV/AIDS for Malaysia, through strengthening and mobilizing civil society organisations, as well as giving them proper representation.

El MAC está comprometido a crear un ambiente libre de cualquier daño relacionado a las drogas en Malasia. Pretende reforzar y movilizar a las organizaciones de sociedad civil y representarles de manera adecuada.

Le MAC cherche à créer un environnement libre de tout impact négatif lié au VIH/SIDA en Malaisie. Il cherche à renforcer et à mobiliser les organisations de la société civile, et à faciliter leur participation dans les débats politiques.

Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC)

Le CSTF a été relancé pour soutenir la participation de la société civile lors des préparations vers le Segment Ministériel de la CND de 2019. Pour en savoir plus, en Anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

It is with great pleasure and excitement that the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC) and New York NGO Committee on Drugs (NYNGOC) introduce the relaunched Civil Society Task Force (CSTF). The CSTF — a joint initiative of the NYNGOC and VNGOC— will serve to promote inclusivity of civil society at all proceedings leading up to and at the Ministerial Segment of the 62nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in 2019.


The CSTF is co-chaired by the chairs of the VNGOC and NYNGOC and consists of 5 additional Steering Group members, 18 representatives of global regions
and 10 representatives from affected populations and global voices.


The VNGOC and NYNGOC were established in 1983 and 1984, respectively, and serve as representative platforms for discussion and debate on drug policy issues, as well as being interfaces between civil society organisations, the United Nations system and its member states. Emerging in 2015, the CSTF was originally created by the NYNGOC and VNGOC to ensure comprehensive, structured and balanced participation by civil society at the 2016 UNGASS on the world drug problem. In the process leading up to the 2016 UNGASS, the CSTF was an effective vehicle for increasing the inclusion of civil society voices at all
stages of preparation prior to the proceeding. The CSTF successfully delivered a range of actions and consultations. This included the selection of high quality civil society speakers at the 2016 UNGASS itself from around the world. In order to maximize the engagement of civil society in the 2019 Ministerial Segment and its lead-up, the VNGOC and NYNGOC bilaterally signed the Memorandum of Understanding during the 61st CND in March 2018. Following an open call and selection process, the Task Force now comprises 35 individuals from around the world.


In order to support civil society participation in the Ministerial Segment, in accordance with CND Resolutions 60/1 and 61/3, the Civil Society Task Force has been replenished and relaunched in 2018. The CSTF’s goal is to secure the comprehensive and meaningful participation of civil society actors in the implementation of the recommendations made in the 2016 UNGASS outcome document. The CSTF will also work towards fostering an environment where evidencebased
approaches to drug issues (including methodologies and ideologies) are comprehensive and where regional and gender diversity is represented through various inputs. In preparation of the 2019 Ministerial Segment, the CSTF will promote the contributions of civil society with expertise in various drug-related areas.

The CSTF is excited to begin working immediately to ensure that civil society is active and present at all preparatory stages of the 62nd CND. In the short time available, the Task Force’s plans include: a post-UNGASS global consultation process, to inform a comprehensive output document to support the debate; civil society hearings in Vienna and New York to bring together civil society speakers and member state representatives; the selection of speakers for all opportunities at the United Nations in Vienna and New York; and the delivery of any further activities that will require CSTF attention.

In particular, the CSTF will identify and facilitate speaker inclusion for all relevant preparatory events and UN meetings, host regional and thematic online consultations, organize civil society hearings on the margins of the third committee negotiations and during the 62nd CND, co-host an Interactive Civil Society Hearing for all stakeholders with the Chair of the CND culminating in a recognized document preserving all conclusions from the event as a part of the preparatory process and ensure drug-related and wider civil society, policy makers and member delegations remain aware of relevant updates regarding CSTF projects and events leading up to the 2019 Ministerial Segment. In the pursuit of encouraging the acknowledgment of civil society contributions, the CSTF looks forward to the participation of many diverse civil society stakeholders and organisations toward the 62nd CND preparatory process.
For all questions and inquiries, the CSTF may be reached by e-mail at info@cstfondrugs.org.

Please visit: https://www.cstfondrugs.org/membership/

Re-lancement du Groupe de travail de la société civile sur les drogues

Malgré certaines améliorations, la politique des drogues en Malaisie continue d’inclure l’emprisonnement d’usagers de drogues, des châtiments corporels prononcés par les tribunaux, et des détentions obligatoires. Ceux-ci représentent des défis importants pour une prestation efficace de services de réduction des risques. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

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Most recently, Malaysia was lauded as one of the countries having the fastest growing needle and syringe programmes (NSEP) in the world. Methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is widely available in Ministry of Health community clinics, and given positive results, will likely be scaled up in Ministry of Health facilities. Importantly also, this year a commendable process began at the Ministry of Home Affairs to reform national drug policy. These programs were introduced despite challenging legal environments following the earlier adoption of the War on Drugs in Malaysia.
However, today drug policy in Malaysia continues to include imprisonment of people who use drugs (PWUD), judicial corporal punishment, and compulsory detention, representing clear challenges to effective harm reduction service delivery. Some of these measures have been in place since the inception of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, i.e. 63 years ago.

Internationally, it has been proven that punitive measures have little impact on the reduction of drug harms, and in fact exacerbates negative health outcomes and displace drug markets to new and wider areas. In 2008, the then Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, released a report which stated: ‘Drug use is often called a disease of development, related to the increasing need for psychoactive substances to reduce stress, increase performance or simply escape from a harsh reality’ . He continued to detail the ‘unintended consequences’ of the law enforcement-based drug control system: i.e. the creation of a criminal black market, the policy displacement of public health taking a backseat to law enforcement measures, geographical displacement of drugs (drug markets shifting to new areas after tighter controls in one area), substance displacement (when one drug was controlled, users move on to different drugs), and the way we deal with people who use drugs, i.e. with marginalisation and stigmatisation. ASEAN as a region continues to see these trends.

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Exposé technique de Support. Don’t Punish sur les risques liés aux drogues en Malaisie

On Thursday, 9 December 2010, a joint seminar between the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) and the International Drugs Policy Consortium (IDPC) was held at The Legend Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This was run in conjunction with the ‘Lancet Series Symposium: HIV in People who use Drugs’ which took place on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 December 2010, organised by the Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya.

The aim of the seminar was to engage high level officials in considering alternative options to the current mandatory treatment and rehabilitation for managing drug using offenders. It was attended by representatives from the Malaysian Parliament, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Health (MOH), the National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK), the Prisons Department and the Social Welfare Department, the Royal Malaysian Police, the Malaysian Judiciary, the Federal Government Administrative Centre and the Islamic Religious Council.

Keynote speakers included Mike Trace and Ann Fordham from IDPC, Professor Mahmood Nazar (Deputy Director General from AADK), Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman (Deputy Director of Disease Control, MOH), Datuk Mohammed Zaman Khan (President, MAC), Mr Jamil bin Aripin (Prosecution Division, Attorney General Chambers), Dr Alex Wodak (Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent’s Hospital, Australia), Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch (Director, OSI Global Drug Policy Programme), the Honourable Datuk Su Geok Yiam (Kuala Lumpur High Court Judge) and a video interview with drug ‘czar’ Joao Goulao (Chairman, Institute on Drugs and Drug Addiction, Portugal).

This seminar provided the opportunity to share experiences from different countries and encourage new thinking at a time where the Malaysian government has already successfully implemented harm reduction measures and is in the process of scaling these up.

Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC)

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