2. Mexico´s contribution to a public-health based approach to drug use at the multilateral level
Mauricio Zapata Zaldívar
Director for Crime, Corruption and Drugs Prevention
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico

3. In its origin, a dual purpose was established in the international drug control regime
INTERNATIONAL FISCALIZATION OF SUBSTANCES/DRUGS MARKET CONTROL
ACCESS FOR MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES

4. Learning lessons Demand reduction
After decades of implementing policies that focused only on a prohibitionist and punitive approach, the dynamics of the phenomenon made it necessary to enrich the responses
Reaching a true balance in the implementation and application of drug policies
Implement more comprehensive policies that consider the individual and not the substance as the center of government action
Supply reduction
Demand reduction

5. Mexico´s position at UNGASS 2016
Development, public health and human rights
Do not criminalize consumption
Social damages caused by the illicit drug market
Access to controlled substances
Consistency with the UN system
Common and shared responsibility
Comprehensive prevention
Proportionality of penalties and alternatives to imprisonment
International cooperation against transnational organized crime
Alignment to the 2030 Agenda

6. 7 Axes of UNGASS 2016 recommendations
Demand reduction, public health
Availability of substances for medical and scientific purposes
Supply reduction, law enforcement, judicial cooperation
Human rights, focusing on children, youth and women communities
Changes in trends, challenges and threats
International cooperation, common and shared responsability
Socio-economic and development issues

7. What have we achieved? Expand the focus on health and human rights
Promote access to controlled substances for medical purposes
Recognize negative social consequences and promote a comprehensive approach and development-oriented policies
Strengthen international cooperation against transnational organized crime
Improve the focus on crime prevention and consider incarceration as the last resort

8. The way forward in the region
Share all experiences and lessons learned
Initiate the implementation recommendations at a national level
Strengthen dialogue between all sectors
Improve the collection and comparability of data
Key role of regional org. (such as CICAD) to implement national policies

9. A change of perspective
Treat the affected population as worthy of rights of protection, support, inclusion and health services
Promote emotional and social health
Evidence based: The problem unevenly affects different populations due to social, economic and gender conditions
Given that the consumption has increased rapidly in women and affects mostly children and youth, the recent National Strategy emphasizes the work with these populations

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12. Mexico’s remarks at the 62nd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
A more humane application of the Law
Make international cooperation more coherent and efficient
A differentiation of the substances for control policy purposes
Really recognize the problem as a public health issue beyond discourse
Address the structural causes of violence and the spread of crime through a sustainable development approach

13. dgonunidas@sre.gob.mx mzapataz@sre.gob.mx
Thank you
Mauricio Zapata Zaldívar
Director for Crime, Corruption and Drugs Prevention
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico