Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Blog9 April 2025

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs has fundamentally changed – for good

After decades of stalemate, global drug policymaking is experiencing seismic shifts, as voting replaces consensus and hardliners lose their seats.

News7 April 2025

Global drug policy: “Countries are being freed up to actually speak their minds”

WOLA discusses the 68th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs with leading civil society experts.

News7 April 2025

When the adult in the room is gone: Trump’s budget cuts and global drug policy

US foreign aid cuts imperil the harm reduction and HIV responses, mark a global intensification of reactionary politics, and expose the world's reliance on foreign funding to support domestic care services.

News7 April 2025

CND 2025: What future for the UN drug control system?

The latest CND offered key milestones in terms of scrutiny of the global drug control regime and coca-related reform, despite the United States' disruptive participation.

Blog18 March 2025

CND68: Historic vote initiates overdue review of UN drug control “machinery”

Against a backdrop of global turmoil and multilateral rupture, the 68th session of the CND marked a turning point in the history of global drug policy by deciding to create a panel of independent experts to rethink the global drug control regime.

Publications26 February 2025

Righting a historical wrong: The UN review of the international status of the coca leaf

IDPC provides background information on the scheduling of the coca leaf in the international drug control treaties, outlines the ECDD coca review process, and makes the human rights case for the removal of the plant from the treaty schedules.

Events

CND68 and drug policy reform: Unpacking key implications

Online

22 April 2025

Join us for a debrief session on the 68th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to discuss progress, gridlocks and potential ways forward for the UN drug control regime.

News14 February 2025

‘RCF’s long-term investment into community-led networks fuels harm reduction advocacy’ — Interview with Jamie Bridge

Years of advocacy, including by IDPC with the support of the Robert Carr Fund, led to the first CND resolution acknowledging 'harm reduction' in 2024.

Events

CND 68: Key issues and opportunities

Online

27 February 2025

The webinar will discuss the key issues that are likely to structure the debates, including in relation to tabled resolutions, and present how IDPC member organisations have used this forum for their advocacy.

News13 November 2024

Coca leaf review: a reckoning for global drug control — IDPC statement at the 2024 CND thematic discussions

IDPC calls on the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to right a historical wrong by supporting the critical review of the coca leaf and ultimately approve its descheduling.

Events

68th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)

Vienna, Austria / Online

10 March 2025 - 14 March 2025

The 68th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will take place at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) between 10-14 March 2025.

Events

CND 67th Session Reconvened

Online / Vienna, Austria

5 December 2024 - 6 December 2024

The continuation of the 67th session takes place in December 2024.

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