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The Fourth International Symposium on Global Drug Policy: Vienna 2005

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The Fourth International Symposium on Global Drug Policy: Vienna 2005

8 March 2005, Vienna


On the occasion of the 48th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, ICOS organised The Fourth International Symposium on Global Drug Policy: Vienna 2005, which included high-level roundtable discussions on promoting public policies and practices, and building an effective drug policy with Afghanistan. The discussions were concluded by a press conference on the 9th of March.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

To download a copy of an executive summary for the event in PDF form, please click on the link below.

Vienna 2005 executive summary (.pdf)
13h00 - 15h00 ROUND TABLE LUNCHEON
* Click on speaker's name for short bibliography
Vienna International Centre, Restaurant, Mozart Room
Wargramerstrasse 5, Vienna


Promoting Public Health Policies and Practices


  • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Massimo Barra, Vice-President, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Italy

    Panel Speakers
  • Prof. Rainer Schmid, Associate Professor, Department of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, University of Vienna, Austria
  • Dr. Benedikt Fischer, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Canada


  • 19h30 - 23h00 PANEL DISCUSSION DINNER
    * Click on speaker's name for short bibliography
    The Radisson SAS Palais Hotel, Goldener Festaal
    Parkring 16, Vienna


    Building an Effective Drug Policy with Afghanistan


  • Keynote Speaker: His Excellency Habibullah Qaderi, Minister of Counter Narcotics, Afghanistan

    Panel Speakers
  • Mr. Christoph Berg, Head of Development-oriented Drug Control Programme, GTZ, Germany
  • Mr. Vitalino Canas, Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic, State Secretary responsible for drug policy coordination (1995-2002), Portugal



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