4. How to Engage with your Government at the UN

Sensible Drug Policy Show

Tune in for our fourth episode where we cover some practical strategies on how to engage with decision makers in your country in order to access spaces of advocacy at the international level, ie at the United Nations and beyond. This episode features Nazlee Maghsoudi, Manager of the Policy Impact Unit at the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation (CDPE), and Chair of the Executive Committee of the New York NGO Committee on Drugs (NYNGOC), and Heath, advocate for the rights of people who use drugs and Project Facilitator for cannabis education campaign at CSSDP.
In this episode you will hear about:
▸ How to build and strengthen relationships with decision makers of your government
▸ Strategies to engage and join your country's delegation to represent the youth voice at the United Nations
▸ Why is the youth voice important in international drug policy forums
Here is the List of Participants of the CND 2022 that Nazlee mentioned in the show: https://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CND/2022/LoP_65_CND_Final_V2201781.pdf (The list is always on the dedicated UNODC page for each session. Here is the page for the 65th session: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/65_Session_2022/65CND_Main.html )
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