INCB. President Sumyai speaks on drug control and human rights at the CND
INCB. President Sumyai speaks on drug control and human rights at the CND
(...) Dr Sumyai’s presentation marked the 50thanniversary of the establishment of the INCB, and was entitled ‘Fostering a united approach to the effective implementation of the three international drug control conventions’.
He began by noting that ‘The fundamental goal of the UN drug control conventions is to safeguard the health and welfare of humankind by ensuring the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes while preventing their diversion and abuse’. This formulation reverses customary descriptions of the goal of the conventions, which often includes the availability of drugs and medicines almost as an afterthought. (IDPC - International Drug Policy Consortium, 27.11.2018)