The statement comes as a response to an open letter drafted by IDPC and supported by over 350 NGOs asking the UNODC and the INCB to call upon the Phillipines to take immediate action to stop ongoing extrajudicial killings targeting alleged drug users and dealers.

On behalf of the International Narcotics Control Board, Board President Werner Sipp wishes to express his regret that the Government of Indonesia has recently carried out further executions of prisoners convicted of having committed drug-related offences despite calls by the international…

In April 2016, there will be elections affecting seven of the thirteen-member of the International Narcotics Control Board.

Read here the informal NGO dialogue with the President of the INCB, Werner Sipp, during the 59th CND.

The INCB says more than 600 new psychoactive substances were reported around the world last year, a rise of 55 per cent.

The INCB’s annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the drug control situation in various parts of the world.

As a contribution to the 2016 UNGASS, the INCB has published a report on access to controlled medicines, entitled "Availability of International Controlled Drugs: Ensuring Adequate Access for Medical and Scientific Purposes: Indispensable, adequately available and not unduly restricted".

The Board is presenting this report about the availability of internationally controlled drugs to Member States, in the hope that the analysis and recommendations presented may assist them in the development of national policies and control systems that are capable of achieving the goals of the…

This statement from the Board’s President is therefore a positive step which we hope will pave the way towards the endorsement of decriminalisation for people who use drugs, following similar calls from other UN agencies such as UNAIDS, WHO, UNDP, UN Women and others.