No queremos un czar de las drogas ruso en la ONU! - We don't want a Russian UN drug czar!

HunCivLibUnion | 9 de julho de 2010

Watch our video and take urgent action - tell Ban Ki Moon that a Russian diplomat is a bad choice for UNODC director!
http://drogriporter.hu/en/fedotov

At the end of July the current head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa will leave his post after eight years. The front runner for the job is the one being promoted by the government that is making the most noise - Russia. He is the current Russian ambassador to the UK, Yuri Fedotov. Unfortunately, according to the latest news, Ban Ki Moon decided to appoint him.

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No queremos un czar de las drogas ruso en la ONU! - We don't want a Russian UN drug czar!

Estimados colegas,

A fines de Julio el actual director de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra las Drogas y el Delito (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa dejará su puesto después de ocho años. Desafortunadamente, Ban Ki Moon, el Secretario General de la ONU decidió nombrar a Yuri Fedotov, actual embajador ruso en el Reino Unido, como nuevo Director Ejecutivo. 

http://www.unodc.org/southerncone/es/frontpage/2010/07/10-secretario-geral-da-onu-nomeia-o-russo-yuri-fedotov-como-novo-diretor-executivo-do-escritorio-das-nacoes-unidas-sobre-drogas-e-crime.html

Rusia es un país con uno de los peores antecedentes en políticas de drogas y derechos humanos: ignora la evidencia científica sobre prevención efectiva del VIH entre los usuarios de drogas y sus leyes punitivas empujan a los usuarios de drogas a la marginalidad. 

Miren el video de HCLU y actúen: difundan esta situación, compartan este video con otros y envíenle un email a Ban Ki Moon!

http://drogriporter.hu/en/fedotov

En archivo adjunto, encontrarán una carta modelo para Ban Ki Moon. Envíensela a  sg@un.org

Saludos cordiales,

Lic. Graciela Touzé
Presidenta
Intercambios Asociación Civil
Corrientes 2548, 2do. D, 1046, Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
E.mail: gratouze@intercambios.org.ar
Webpage: www.intercambios.org.ar

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We Don't Want a Russian UN Drug Czar!

sarosip, July 8, 2010 - 16:50

Watch our video and take urgent action - tell Ban Ki Moon that a Russian diplomat is a bad choice for UNODC director!

At the end of July the current head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa will leave his post after eight years. Unfortunately, Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary General of the UN decided to appoint the current Russian ambassador to the UK, Yuri Fedotov the new Executive Director.

Russia is a country with one of the worst records on drug policy and human rights: it ignores scientific evidence on effective HIV prevention among drug users and its punitive drug laws push drug users to the margins of society. Watch our video to find out more!

TAKE ACTION! 

1. Please help us to spread the word and share this video with others!


2. Click here and send an email to the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki Moon and urge him to reconsider his decision!

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Mr Ban Ki Moon
United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Secretariat New York, NY 10017
sg@un.org
Dear Mr. Secretary General!

I am writing to you because you are currently considering the appointment of the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). I was dismayed to learn that the you decided to appoint Yuri Fedotov, a Russian diplomat for this position.

I strongly oppose a candidate from a country with one of the worst records on drug policy and human rights. Russia is experiencing the most rapid increase in HIV infections on earth: there are more than 1 million people living with HIV, 2 in 3 new infections are related to the sharing of injecting equipment by drug users. This  perpetuation of the epidemic is directly attributed to the Russian goverments disavowal of simple scientific evidence : it bans opiate substitution treatment and it does not provide funding  for life-saving needle and syringe programs.

This situation is exacerbated by the condition of Russian prisons - the hotbeds of the HIV and Tuberculosis epidemics. For drug users, the Gulag is alive and well in these places: prisoners with HIV and TB are often tortured and left to die without life saving treatment!

It is not surprising that Russia consistently seeks to block the inclusion of human rights language from international policies. At the UN commission on narcotic drugs in 2010 Russia stated that the fight against AIDS is ‘not linked to human rights’.

I ask you to reconsider your decision and appoint someone to this position who is independent from governments, who can lead UNODC in the fight against HIV and AIDS, as well as someone who respects scientific evidence and human rights.

Best regards,

(your name)

Fuente: http://www.drogriporter.hu/en/fedotov