【Session 67 of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs SIDE EVENT】Harnessing efforts to establish an informal international platform advocating for drug abuse prevention among young people |
【Duang Prateep Foundation】 |
The video message has been generously provided by the Duang Prateep Foundation, Thailand, for the side event, organized at the 67th session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and entitled “Harnessing efforts to establish an informal international platform advocating for drug abuse prevention among young people, From Japan to the World: Towards achieving a world free of drug abuse among the youth”. |
Working in tandem with the Drug Abuse Prevention Centre (DAPC) of Japan, Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) organized this side event in an attempt to take an innovative step towards drug abuse prevention especially among the youth. Since 1993, DAPC, a public interest incorporated foundation, has been playing a leading role in the nation-wide drug abuse prevention campaigns. The Centre has simultaneously carried out fundraising activities to support developing countries through the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The collected funds have been donated annually to UNODC and have been used for 780 drug abuse prevention projects in a total of 649 developing countries. In March 2023, during the 66th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, DAPC organized a side event entitled “Dame. Zettai.” ("Never. Ever." "Value yourself.") ~ A high-level side event to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the DAPC Grants ~. The current side event serves as a direct follow-up to the proposal made at the 2023 event. This year’s side event, carried out in partnership with Uganda Youth Development Link as a key player representing Africa, is meant to promote and concretise the proposal made at the earlier side event to form an "informal international platform" anchored on drug abuse prevention. |
◆ Sixty-seventh session Vienna, Austria,14 - 22 March 2024 ※UNODC HP |