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🇷🇺 Statement by Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov at the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) Briefing
📍Vienna, 5 November 2026
We highly value the work of the Board as one of the fundamental pillars of the international drug control system and as a watchdog charged with monitoring the implementation of the three international drug control conventions of the United Nations. We recognize that, despite its limited staff and resources, the Board accomplishes tremendous work in discharging the tasks entrusted to it under these conventions. We believe that, under the current circumstances, it is particularly important for the Board to focus on fulfilling its unique mandate of monitoring compliance with the international drug control conventions, without diverting its efforts to secondary issues that are only indirectly related to its functions.
In this regard, we cannot agree with the view expressed earlier that human rights compliance in the context of the implementation of the conventions constitutes one of the INCB’s foremost priorities. Human rights matters fall within the scope of tasks of the United Nations human rights bodies based in Geneva, and certainly not that of the Board.
The need to focus on the INCB’s core mandate is dictated, firstly, by the ongoing reform processes within the United Nations system, which are aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of its bodies while avoiding duplication of efforts. Secondly, and this is the decisive factor, such prioritization is necessitated by non-compliance with the United Nations drug control conventions, primarily in the context of cannabis legalization. A number of countries present it as business as usual, whereas they commit a flagrant, deliberate and systematic violation of international law. Moreover, the next step following cannabis legalization is often the initiation of extremely dangerous experiments aimed at removing bans on other types of drugs.
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📍Vienna, 5 November 2026
We highly value the work of the Board as one of the fundamental pillars of the international drug control system and as a watchdog charged with monitoring the implementation of the three international drug control conventions of the United Nations. We recognize that, despite its limited staff and resources, the Board accomplishes tremendous work in discharging the tasks entrusted to it under these conventions. We believe that, under the current circumstances, it is particularly important for the Board to focus on fulfilling its unique mandate of monitoring compliance with the international drug control conventions, without diverting its efforts to secondary issues that are only indirectly related to its functions.
In this regard, we cannot agree with the view expressed earlier that human rights compliance in the context of the implementation of the conventions constitutes one of the INCB’s foremost priorities. Human rights matters fall within the scope of tasks of the United Nations human rights bodies based in Geneva, and certainly not that of the Board.
The need to focus on the INCB’s core mandate is dictated, firstly, by the ongoing reform processes within the United Nations system, which are aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of its bodies while avoiding duplication of efforts. Secondly, and this is the decisive factor, such prioritization is necessitated by non-compliance with the United Nations drug control conventions, primarily in the context of cannabis legalization. A number of countries present it as business as usual, whereas they commit a flagrant, deliberate and systematic violation of international law. Moreover, the next step following cannabis legalization is often the initiation of extremely dangerous experiments aimed at removing bans on other types of drugs.
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