Colombia's Constitutional Court has approved the government proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana for personal use, Colombia media reported Friday.
В ходе специальных тематических прений по наркотикам и преступности как угрозе развитию г-н Федотов заявил, что по мере приближения к 2015 году, когда намечено подвести итог общемировых усилий по достижению целей в области развития, сформулированных в Декларации тысячелетия, становится все более очевидным, что достижению этих целей препятствуют организованная преступность и запрещенные наркотики.
In this presentation, IDPC called for integrated drug strategies, with an increased focus on public health, social inclusion and economic development, through robust institutional structures at the UN level.
During a special thematic debate on drugs and crime as a threat to development, Mr. Fedotov said that with the 2015 deadline approaching to take stock of global progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, there is an increasing recognition that organized crime and illicit drugs impede the attainment of those goals.
With the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking once again upon us, we reflect upon yet another year in which governments have failed to recognize the disastrous consequences and failures of the global “war on drugs.”
Nesta declaração, as organizações da América Latina e as que trabalham na região, pertencentes ao IDPC pidem profundas reformas nas políticas de drogas vigentes.
