Current drug policy too often has a negative impact on communities and runs counter to efforts to ameliorate poverty through sustainable development. However, this is often not captured by the metrics used to measure the impact of drug policy. One way to improve these metrics is to align them with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This would not only help overcome many of the limitations of drug policies resulting from suboptimal metrics but also make sure these policies enhance, rather than hinder, efforts to achieve the SDGs.
This report analyzes how more precise, more complete, and better conceived metrics can help us to understand the impact of drug policy on sustainable development and the prospects of achieving the SDGs. The report is the result of over a year of work by the International Expert Group on Drug Policy Metrics, convened by the Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum and the International Peace Institute. This group puts forward the following recommendations for the UN, member states, and the drug policy community:
¿Por qué se plantea en este momento la necesidad de establecer un mecanismo de supervisión de inversiones europeo? Se debe fundamentalmente a la evolución de la inversión china en Europa.
In the lead up to this year’s Our Ocean Conference, hosted by Indonesia, the International Peace Institute, One Earth Future (OEF), and the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the UN co-organized a policy workshop on February 21, 2018, examining the nexus between the crosscutting issue of maritime security and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 14 and 16.
The following are the key takeaways from this event:
(This text is excerpted from the meeting brief, which you can read in full here).
Il n’y a pas un mais des Grands Paris, aux enjeux à la fois multiples (structure institutionnelle, travaux d’infrastructures, attractivité économique, etc) et complexes.
The beginning of 2018 coincided with elections on both sides of the “Green Line” in Cyprus. The 7 January 2018 parliamentary elections in the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)” and the 28 January–4 February 2018 presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus reshuffled the Cypriot political landscape. The disillusionment and the fatigue of pro-conflict-resolution forces became clear, and the Cyprus question was relatively low on the agenda of electoral candidates. Nevertheless, the aftermath of the elections finds hardliners and opponents to a UN-brokered peace deal in a weaker position. This provides an opportunity for the resumption of peace negotiations from the point at which they stalled at Crans Montana last July. Both communities should move fast to restore trust and resolve the remaining issues, as international interest should not be taken for granted. Inertia or a new failure in peace negotiations is likely to lead to the end of UN operations in Cyprus, which would boost insecurity across the island.
Mardi 13 février, le Premier ministre Edouard Philippe et la ministre des Solidarités et de la Santé Agnès Buzyn, ont présenté leur stratégie de transformation du sys
Le 4 mars prochain, les Italiens sont appelés aux urnes pour renouveler leur Parlement. 315 nouveaux sénateurs et 630 nouveaux députés seront désignés pour définir la politique de la XVIIIe législature de la République italienne.
El nuevo Reglamento, que entrará en vigor en mayo, obligará a las organizaciones a adoptar medidas para proteger datos personales y para evitar las elevadas sanciones y el daño reputacional ocasionados por las brechas de seguridad que afecten a esos datos.
Reform of the European Parliament is on the agenda in the run-up to the 2019 Euro-pean elections. Two impulses coincide here: First of all, Brexit requires a decision on whether to redistribute the 73 British seats, and if so how. Secondly, the European Parliament is sitting on a backlog of long-overdue reforms relating to its composition; this latter aspect is unlikely to be resolved before the 2019 elections. The Italian and French governments suggest creating a single EU constituency fought on the basis of transnational lists, to strengthen the European plane of party-political competition. But the European Parliament’s rejection of the proposal underlines the lack of majority support for federal initiatives in the EU’s year of reforms. Yet the single constituency discussion does offer potential: Leveraging it to reduce the existing discrepancies in required votes per seat would represent a major contribution to strengthening the Union’s democratic legitimacy.
Figure: February 2018 EP proposal for seat redistribution after Brexit
“To the Brink - and Back?” : tel était cette année le thème de la conférence sur la sécurité qui se réunit annuellement à Munich depuis les années
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