The First International Symposium on Global Drug Policy: Lisbon 2003

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The First International Symposium
on Global Drug Policy: Lisbon 2003
23-25 October 2003, Hotel Tivoli, Lisbon

Co-organized with
Fundação Oriente
www.foriente.pt

The Lisbon International Symposium was an opportunity for leading drug policy-makers from governments around the world as well as senior representatives of various United Nations agencies, renown academics and experts from civil society to discuss drug policy developments in different national settings as well as at the international level. Through high-level keynote speeches, panels and workshops, participants of the Lisbon International Symposium developed new drug policy ideas and innovative solutions.

LIST OF THE PARTICIPANTS

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OFFICIAL DINNERS AND VISIT

EU Drug Agency Conference at the EMCDDA

Thursday Dinner hosted by Fondação Oriente

Friday Dinner hosted by ICOS

EVENT MATERIAL

All Symposium speeches and papers

Short summaries of the discussions

Address to the Conference by by George Papandreou
Minister of Foreign Affairs (2000-2004), Greece
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Photographs of the Event
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PUBLICATION

Global Drug Policy: Building a New Framework
Compilation from the 2003 Lisbon International Symposium
February 2004

PROGRAMME AND MATERIAL

* Click on speaker's name for short bibliography
Thursday 23 October 2003

EU Drug Agency conference at the EMCDDA More...

Official Dinner hosted by Fundação Oriente More...

Gustavo Bell (Keynote Speaker), Vice-President of Colombia (1998-2002) Speech

Friday 24 October 2003

Session 1
Recent developments in national drug policy laws

General Paulo Uchôa (Keynote Speaker), Secretary, National Antidrug Secretariat, Brazil Speech

Vitalino Canas, (Panel Chair), Member of Parliament, Portugal

Philip Owen, Mayor of Vancouver (1993-2003), Canada

Monica Agapie, Sub-commissioner, National Anti-Drug Agency, Romania Speech

Bob Keizer, Chairman, Pompidou Group, Netherlands Speech

Session 2
Drug Policy and illegal economy: consequences on security, justice and human development

Pasuk Phongpaichit (Keynote Speaker), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Speech

Brice de Ruyver(Panel Chair), Director, IRCP – Ghent University, Belgium Speech

Eugene Oscapella, Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy Paper

Tony White, Chief of Supply Reduction and Law Enforcement (1997-2000), UNDCP Speech

Joep Oomen, ICN-ENCOD, Belgium Speech

Session 3
Drug policy and health systems: objectives, costs and effectivevness of current systems

Massimo Barra (Keynote Speaker), Vice-President, International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies Speech

Susan Stern (Panel Chair), Special Advisor to the Alfred Herrhausen Society for International Dialogue, Germany

Jean-Luc Romero, Elected Representative at the Ile de France Region Council, France Speech

Alex Wodak, Vice-President, International Harm Reduction Association, Australia Speech

Khuat Thi Hai Oanh, Centre for Social Development Studies, Vietnam Speech

Workshops

Workshop I: Recent developments in national drug policy laws

Berne Stålenkrantz (Chair), Swedish Drug Users Association Paper

Workshop II: Drug policy and illegal economy: consequences on security, justice and human development

Guillaume Fournier (Chair), SEDET (CNRS - Université PARIS 7) Paper

Workshop III: International co-operation on drug policy

Mr. Martin Jelsma (Co Chair), Transnational Institute

Prof. Francisco Thoumi (Co Chair), Economist, Bogotà Paper

Official dinner hosted by ICOS More...

Dr. Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1997-199), UK Speech

Saturday 25 Oct 2003

Session 4
International drug policy framework and national realities

Bernard Leroy (keynote Speaker), Senior Inter-regional Legal Advisor, UNODC Speech

Sir Keith Morris(Panel Chair), British Ambassador to Colombia (1990-1994) Speech

Robin Room, Professor, University of Stockholm Speech

Mads Andenas, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law Speech

Lorenz Boellinger, Professor, University of Bremen Speech

David Bewley-Taylor, Professor, University of Wales Swansea Speech

Workshop Conclusions

Alex Wodak, President, International Harm Reduction Association, Australia

Tony White, Chief of Supply Reduction and Law Enforcement (1997-2000), UNDCP Speech

David Spivack, British Institute of International and Comparative Law Speech

Symposium Conclusions

Raymond Kendall, Honorary Secretary General, Interpol Speech

For more information about this event, questions or any suggestions, please contact Mr. Fabrice Pothier at pothier@senliscouncil.net