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Supporting United Nations Drug Initiatives And Legislation

Project: SUNDIAL is an international collaboration whose goal is to garner support for the United Nations (UN) Conventions on Illicit Drug Abuse from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals around the world. We promote a balanced drug policy rooted in prevention, treatment, research, and law enforcement, but we also realize that drug problems can find relief when societies aim to alleviate the human suffering related to poverty, hunger, poor economic opportunities, health care disparities, and infectious diseases.

In 2008, delegates from around the world are gathering in Vienna at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) conference. We want to demonstrate that there are people and organizations in the world that support the work of the UN to curb illicit drug use and trafficking through a balanced policy. The 2008 meeting is a prelude to a much larger meeting taking place in 2009, the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS). In time for UNGASS, we want to present delegates with more than a million signatures to show our support for international goals against drug abuse. By contrast, a minority of well-funded NGOs are organizing to dismantle and rewrite the Conventions so as to open the door for countries to implement legalization and drug liberalization measures under international law.

To read more about these UNGASS goals, click here

To learn more about effective international drug policy, click here or visit the home page of the International Task Force on Strategic Drug Policy at www.itfsdp.org

For the UN World Report, which contains statistics about global drug rates and other information, click here


We need YOUR help! We don't want your money - just your moral support. If you agree with the petition, simply leave your name, the name of the country you are from, and organization you represent (if applicable).

WE PLAN TO COLLECT OVER ONE MILLION SIGNATURES FOR THE CND 2008 AND UNGASS 2009 CONFERENCES AND PRESENT THEM TO NATIONAL DELEGATIONS IN ORDER TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND THE UNITED NATIONS' EFFORTS TO CURB BOTH THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF DRUGS IN THE WORLD.

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We strongly believe that drug policy should be rooted in a balanced strategy of drug prevention, access to evidence-based treatment, international supply reduction based on global cooperation and good-will, and the highest standards of research.

We support the United Nations International Drug Conventions of 1961, 1971, and 1988 which explicitly state that every member country must take measures to reduce drug use and the total harm resulting from the use of drugs.

We support the United Nations International Drug Conventions which discuss how member states must devote resources to reducing the demand and supply of drugs, and not cede to legalization efforts.

We support a strategy which recognizes that drug use and its associated consequences can be reduced by non-drug policy means as well, such as progress on global poverty and access to economic opportunity and basic health care.

We are proud to support this document as a declaration of hope, opportunity, and a brighter future.

I agree with this petition, and I agree to allow my name and/or organization to be identified as a supporter for the CND 2008 and UNGASS 2009 meetings!

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