Specjalna Sesja Zgromadzenia Ogólnego ONZ – okazja do ewaluacji światowej polityki narkotykowej

Abstract

During General Assembly in September 2012, three heads of state from Colombia, Mexico, and Guatemala, gravely concerned by the impact of the international counter-narcotic regime on their countries, requested that the United Nations evaluate the impact of international drug policies. Not only costly and ineffective, these policies have taken their greatest toll on the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. As a result, the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to evaluate the effects of the global drug control system will be held in April 2016. With growing international criticism of current policies, the UNGASS 2016 should aim to achieve changes similar in scope to the milestone decision of the UNGASS 2001 on HIV/AIDS. In 2001, the impressive divide in access to AIDS medicines between the Global North and the South galvanised delegates to action, overwhelmed powerful opposition, and inspired a significant change in the global response to HIV epidemic. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria came into existence. Changes of the same nature are urgently needed in the field of international drug policy. It seems though, that the world has not yet achieved the level of momentum necessary to drive forward serious evidence-based reforms that respect human rights, promote public health, and assure human security.

Keywords

• International system of drug control
• War on drugs
• HIV epidemic
• Costs for the global South