Beyond 2008 – a truly remarkable event / UNGASS, 12 July 2008
http://www.ungassondrugs.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=214&Itemid=65
Martin Jelsma
“300 delegates met in Vienna for the Beyond 2008 NGO Forum meant to provide civil society input for the 10-year UNGASS review. It was the culmination of a series of regional NGO consultations that took place over the past six months all across the globe. Given the wide range of views held by NGOs many –including myself- were sceptical about the outcomes of the process. Would it really be possible to agree by consensus on a joint declaration and resolutions? Well, we did it … “
Conference outcome: http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2008/unisnar1034.html