5/5 UNGASS 2016 member states - Stretching the limit of the U.N. conventions
Although most examples below come from the American continents, most notably the Latin American region, the latter are not the only one...
4/5 UNGASS 2016 member states - Evolving within the perimeters of the “drug-control cornerstones”
This country regroupment is probably the most controversial issue of the section, as it puts together many countries that are currently...
3/5 UNGASS 2016 member states - In between two chairs
The “ambivalence” group is made up of countries and nations regroupment which, in the case of Brazil for example, are principally going...
2/5 UNGASS 2016 member states - The 'die-hards' of the regime
Through the analysis of the current respective domestic situations of Russia, as-well as of Indonesia and Singapore - both of which have...
1/5 UNGASS 2016 - The most powerful actors
Crucial to the Special Session are the implicated actors which we will intend to present in this new set of articles. Who are the...
The lost UNGASS Decade (1998-2008)
For analyst Martin Jelsma (2015), the last UNGASS 1998 supported “the quixotic goal of a drug-free world” by establishing 2008 as the...
4/4 UNGASS 2016 Preparations - The member states battle
The CND On December 18, 2014, the General Assembly adopted resolution 69/ 200 entitled “Special session of the General Assembly on the...
2/4 UNGASS 2016 Preparations - “A comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach to addressing the
The upcoming 2016 Special Session - as we will see in the next article on UNGASS 1998 - is based on certain documents, but more...
1/4 UNGASS 2016 Preparations - The Concept
As explained by Transform policy analyst Steve Rolles (2015a), “Special Sessions of the General Assembly are called to review and debate...
Introduction to the Introduction
In the 2010’s decade amidst numerous experimentations and alternative drug policy alternatives in many heterogeneous geographical...