June 26, 2012 was the International Day agains Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the launch of the UN Drug Report and the day selected for the General Assembly’s thematic debate on Drugs and Crime as a Threat to Development. The Alliance of NY and Vienna had drafted a joint statement for the debate and it can be downloaded here: June26AllianceStatement The statement by the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs can be downloaded from their...

As noted in our mailing to our members and the post Alliance members and associatees were invited to send in recommendations for the draft document by June 9th to Dr. Yael Danieli and Michael Platzer. Based on those materials a small group worked to integrate the concerns voiced into a document to be brought to the General Assembly on the 26th. This document is now being circulated so that you have time to review the document before we meet at...

Resolution 58/4 of 31 October 2003 marked the adoption by the UN of the Convention Against Corruption, showing concern at the highest levels for ways to move society world-wide forward in their efforts to deal with corruption in all its forms. In 2011, the Alliance marked the International Anti-Corruption Day with dialogues facilitating collaboration amongst experts, stakeholders and governments. This year, in preparation for the International...