28 Feb UNODC
SAHPRA represented at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 63rd session in Vienna SAHPRA will be attending the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 63rd session in Vienna from the 2 March 2020 to 6 March 2020. Ms Momeena Omarjee, Manager: Names and Scheduling will attend the event. The CND reviews and analyses the global drug situation, considering the inter-related issues of prevention of drug abuse, rehabilitation of drug users and supply and trafficking in illicit drugs. It takes action through resolutions and decisions. The Commission assists SAHPRA in supervising the application of the international drug control treaties. It also advises SAHPRA on all matters pertaining to the control of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors. South Africa is signatory to the conventions and has voting rights in terms of the taking up of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors, under international scheduling.