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Turkish Green Crescent and the International Federation of Green Crescent are at the 62nd CND

Turkish Green Crescent and the International Federation of Green Crescent (IFGC) will participate in the 62nd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and the High-level Ministerial Segment of the Commission, which will take place from 14 to 22 March 2019.

The voice of the civil societies will be represented during the sessions and a number of sponsored and co-sponsored side events. Turkish Green Crescent and members of the IFGC from Morocco, Nigeria, Malaysia, Albania will take part via several side events and members of Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Somalia, Georgia and Jordan will be part of this events with interactive discussions.

We look forward to welcoming you in our side events. Please join us in the 62nd CND.

Details related to the upcoming side events listed are below:

Tuesday, 19 March (Organized by Turkish Green Crescent Society, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Prevention, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Green Cross and Green Crescent Serbia).
09.00 - 09.50 am., Conference Room M3.
" Leave No One Behind”: The Impact of Families on the Effective Prevention of Non-Medical Drug Use, and Treatment Services and Interventions for Drug Use Disorders.

Wednesday, 20 March (Organized by National Association Al Hidn (Morocco Green Crescent) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Turkish Green Crescent Society, Fondacioni Yesilay, Green Crescent Health Development Initiative and Pertubuhan Bulan Sabit Hijau).
09.00 - 09.50 am., Conference Room M2.
Sharing Experiences for a Global Prevention Training Standards - Mentor & Mentee Program.

Monday, 18 March (Organized by San Patrignano, Government of Italy, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Recovered Users Network and Turkish Green Crescent Society).
09.00 - 09.50 am., Conference Room M7.
Recovery from Drugs: How It Can Become an Asset for Society, Promoting Cultural Change, Recovering Human and Economic Resources.

Tuesday, 19 March (Organized by Drug Free America Foundation, Recovered Users Network, Turkish Green Crescent Society and Slum Child Foundation).
09.00 - 09.50 am., Conference Room MOE100.
Drug Policy Advocacy Efforts- Looking at Underutilized Populations to Advocate for Policy Change Organized by Drug Free America Foundation.

Additionally, an exhibition is being organized to take place during the sixty-second session of the Commission. Furthermore, selected cartoons from different cartoonists will be exhibited at Rotunda Building during the 14- 22 March. The exhibition aims to portray the damages caused by drug addiction on humans and society as a whole through the eyes of cartoonists.

Don’t forget to see this cartoons and more at the exhibition.

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