June 2011 Archives (News)
HIV/AIDS at the UN: Battleground of the War on Drugs
08 June 2011
‘Zero new infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS related deaths’. As objectives go this one is difficult to find fault with. Unless your concern is the protection of punitive drug policies. Today world leaders arrive in New York for a UN summit on AIDS where a new Political Declaration will be adopted, an international agreement… Read more
Bolivia likely to denounce 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
23 June 2011
Bolivia's lower house has agreed to denounce the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs due to longstanding disagreement with the ban on traditional uses of coca in the treaty. The law, proposed by President Evo Morales, is likely to pass the upper house where his party has a significant majority. The aim is to re-accede to the Convention with… Read more
Bolivia Withdraws from the UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
30 June 2011
TNI/WOLA Press release Thursday, June 30, 2011 The Bolivian government formally notified the UN Secretary General of its withdrawal from the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (as amended by the 1972 Protocol) yesterday. The withdrawal will enter into effect on 1 January 2012. At that time, Bolivia will re-accede to the Convention… Read more