Commission on Narcotic Drugs


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Noun1.Commission on Narcotic Drugs - the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with drug traffic
Economic and Social Council commission, ECOSOC commission - a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
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The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) was established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) resolution in 1946 as an entity for assisting cooperation on drug control treaties.
The Vienna-based UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs is the leading policy making body within the United Nations system on matters related to drugs.
The senator then challenged pro-marijuana advocates to bring their case before the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs and prove that marijuana can cure anything or something.
Dr Yahya bin Badr Al Ma'awali, undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development, will preside over the Seventh National Symposium organised by the National Commission on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances tomorrow evening.
VIENNA, March 21 (Saba) - Yemen participated on Monday in the opening meeting of the 54th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs kicked off on March 21 in Vienna, Austria.
The U.N.'s anti-drug apparatus - which includes the Drug Control Program, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) - seeks to wipe the world free of dissent as well as drugs.
Al-Sobaie made the statement to KUNA on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).
"Iran has paid lots of costs financially and by human lives to fight against drugs a main part of which has been done to prevent transit of narcotics to other countries," Qaribabadi said in a meeting with Head of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs Alicia Buenrostro Massieu in Vienna on Sunday.
Turkmenistan intends to put forward its candidacy for membership in the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs for 2020-2023 in order to actively participate in the efforts of the world community to combat drugs, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
On March 9, the 58th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) kicked off in Vienna with its special segment on the preparations for the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem in 2016.
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