An open letter has been sent to delegates of the 48th Commission on Narcotic Drugs protesting at US pressure on the UN to withdraw its support from harm reduction.
The letter has 334 organizational and individual endorsements from fifty-six countries. The letter was coordinated by Human Rights Watch, the International Harm Reduction Development Program at the Open Society Institute, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and the International Harm Reduction Association. The letter has also been sent to UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa and representatives from UNICEF, WHO, UNAIDS, and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
The letter is available in English, Spanish, Russian and French.
