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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📢 Youth and Drugs: Rethinking the Rules How do today’s drug policies affect young people in practice – and what needs to change? 📅 30 Sept | 18:30–20:00 (followed by reception) 📍 (In-person only) Uni Mail, Geneva 🎟️ More information & registration (mandatory): genevahealthforum.com/events/youth...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📢 At #UNGA81, #GCDP joins orgs, civil society & youth for evidence-based drug policy protecting children’s rights. 📅 09:30-11:00 on Tuesday, 22 Sept 📍 Convene 101 Park Avenue, New York (US) - Pershing Hub, 1st floor 🎟️ Registration is mandatory - RSVP here: forms.gle/pwgswcQJKZXq...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today the #GCDP is also launching a child- and youth-friendly version of our new policy brief on drug policy & child rights explaining how drug policies affect children and young people, what their rights are, and why their views should be heard when decisions are made about them.
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today we launch “Making Children and Young People Visible in Drug Policy”, calling for a fundamental shift: drug policy must be grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. 📄 tinyurl.com/yuy37dyb
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📢 Youth and Drugs: Rethinking the Rules How do today’s drug policies affect young people in practice – and what needs to change? 📅 30 Sept | 18:30–20:00 (followed by reception) 📍 (In-person only) Uni Mail, Geneva 🎟️ More information & registration (mandatory): genevahealthforum.com/events/youth...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Today, on #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay, we remember those we've lost and renew our commitment to preventing overdose deaths. Evidence is clear: harm reduction saves lives. Visits to services like The Thistle show what's possible when people come first. #IOAD2026 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Judges play a vital role in ensuring laws protect health, justice and dignity. Recently, Commissioner Michel Kazatchkine spoke at the 2026 Africa Regional Judges' Forum on evidence-informed, people-centered drug policy. @undp.org @salitigationcentre.bsky.social #DrugPolicy #PublicHealth
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Young people must have a meaningful role in shaping the policies that affect their lives. On #YouthDay, we highlight youth leadership and participation in advancing evidence-based, people-centered approaches to drug policy. 🎥 Watch our CND69 event with YouthRISE: globalcommissionondrugs.org/videos/
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Commissioner Michel Kazatchkine spoke at @inpud.bsky.social sky.social’s launch of “The Human Cost of Policy Shifts: A World in Turmoil”, highlighting why community-led networks are essential to effective health responses for people who use drugs. �� tinyurl.com/34mjxnxnzv #HarmReduction
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
At #HRC62, #GCDP Commissioner Adeeba Kamarulzaman joined @unaids.org, @undp.org, @inpud.bsky.social, @releasedrugs.bsky.social and others to discuss why decriminalization is an important component of effective HIV responses and public health. #DrugPolicy #HIV #HarmReduction
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
On #WorldDrugDay, drug policy stands at a crossroads. Ten years after the 2016 UNGASS on drugs, evidence is clear: punitive approaches have failed to reduce drug use or supply, while contributing to significant health & social harms. 📄Learn more about what can be done: tinyurl.com/msjexz7p
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
From advancing discussions on the future of the international drug control system to launching a children and youth initiative and convening leaders through at the World Health Assembly, the #GCDP continued advancing evidence-informed & people-centered reform throughout 2025. 📖 tinyurl.com/bdfta2rf
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Global Commission on Drug Policy is convening its #GCDP 2026 Annual Plenary Meeting. At a critical moment for global drug policy, Commissioners are meeting in Geneva to assess emerging challenges, explore opportunities for reform, and discuss priorities for the years ahead. #DrugPolicyReform
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Webinaire sur la régulation des stimulants, avec @aidq.bsky.social, @fedeaddiction.bsky.social , @fedabxl.be , @transformdrugs.bsky.social et #GREA. Intervention de Commissaire Ruth Dreifuss. 🗓 28 Mai, 16 h à 18 h CET (10 h à 12 h au Québec) 🔗 tinyurl.com/38rhwn6b
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Comment réguler les stimulants ? Un guide pratique - AIDQ
Dans le cadre du lancement du guide Comment réguler les stimulants ?, maintenant disponible en français, nous vous invitons à participer à un webinaire réunissant des expert·e·s internat...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
At #WHA79, #GCDP convenes a hybrid dialogue on scaling up opioid agonist therapy, a key public health response. 🗓 20 May, 13:00 – 14:15 (dialogue), 14:15 – 15:00 (catered lunch) 📍 Warwick Hotel, Geneva (Hybrid event) Register to attend: In person: tinyurl.com/3sa9csfv Online: tinyurl.com/4jjmc4bj
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
At #CND69, a video message by Dr. Zeinab Hijazi of @unicef.org highlighting the importance of centering young people in drug policy was featured at a #GCDP side event co-organized w/ #YouthRISE entitled, “The Next Generation of Care: Youth-Centered Innovations to Renew & Strengthen Health Systems.”
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ten years after the 2016 UNGASS on drugs, Commissioners @helenclarknz.bsky.social & @juanmansantos.bsky.social examine what has changed—and what must come next to advance more effective, evidence-based drug policies. 🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/yc5fpasz
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
On #WorldHealthDay, we join the call to #StandWithScience. Evidence shows punitive drug policies hinder HIV and hepatitis responses, while health-centered approaches save lives and reduce harm. Acting on science is essential. 📕 Read our report: globalcommissionondrugs.org/gcdp-reports...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Global Commissioners Adeeba Kamarulzaman and Pavel Bém have been appointed to the independent expert panel established by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. The panel will contribute to the 2029 global review of drug policy. 📚 tinyurl.com/e5wmbfmz
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Professor Adeeba appointed to UN expert panel reviewing global drug policy
Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to an independent expert panel reviewing global drug policy ahead of the 2029 international r...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Ontario’s decision to end funding for supervised consumption services marks a continued and dangerous backslide - as we previously warned. As highlighted by @hivlegalnetwork.bsky.social in their statement, these services save lives. The #GCDP previous statement on the matter: tinyurl.com/z5tsb476
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
At #HRC61, a side event explored the development dimensions of drug policy and the importance of rights-based approaches. Comm'r Ruth Dreifuss delivered closing remarks. 📄 tinyurl.com/mwxj6smy #DrugPolicy #HumanRights
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
At #CND69, a side event by #AllianceForPublicHealth focused on #EUAccession and balanced drug policy reform in Ukraine, Moldova & the Western Balkans. Global Commissioners Bém & Kazatchkine participated, representing the Eastern & Central European & Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy. #ECECACD
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Harm Reduction International @harmreductionintl.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Join us at our side event at the CND to examine how to centre human rights in harm reduction; from meaningful participation and legal reform to sustainable, rights-based responses in a changing political and funding context. Room M6 or online at bit.ly/HRCND69
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In 1 hour: #GCDP & #YouthRISE are co-organizing a side event on how youth leadership & inclusive processes can strengthen health systems & advance evidence-based drug policy. 🗓 Monday, 9 March 2026 🕐 13:00–14:00 CET 📍 In person: Vienna International Center (VIC), Room M7 💻 Online: bit.ly/46gjkBb
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
At #CND69, #GCDP & #YouthRISE are co-organizing a side event on how youth leadership & inclusive processes can strengthen health systems & advance evidence-based drug policy. 🗓 Monday, 9 March 2026 🕐 13:00–14:00 CET 📍 In person: Vienna International Center (VIC), Room M7 💻 Online: bit.ly/46gjkBb
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
On #UNAIDS #ZeroDiscriminationDay, our 2023 report “HIV, Hepatitis & Drug Policy Reform” shows how stigma and criminalization block HIV and hepatitis care for people who use drugs. Reaching 2030 targets demands evidence-based, health-centered drug policies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4ymmjx #HarmReduction
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🌍💡 Women scientists, including in drug policy research and public health, such as Commissioner @profadeeba.bsky.social, play a vital role in advancing evidence-based approaches. #IDWGS2026 #WomenInScience #DrugPolicy
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"We must push for the alignment of drug policies with human rights and for a real review of the drug control architecture" says Commissioner Juan Manuel Santos during the launch of the @idpc.net report, “The UNGASS Decade in Review: Gaps, Achievements and Paths for Reform”. #UNGASS2016 #DrugPolicy
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Today, @idpc.net launches “The UNGASS Decade in Review: Gaps, Achievements and Paths for Reform”, marking 10 years since the 2016 UNGASS on drugs, featuring Swiss Ambassador to Geneva @swiss-un.bsky.social & a video message by Commissioner Juan Manuel Santos. #DrugPolicy #PublicHealth #HumanRights
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Commissioner Kgalema Motlanthe took part in an #OHCHR roundtable on racial discrimination in drug policy, highlighting the disproportionate impact of punitive approaches on people of African descent and the need for human rights- and evidence-based reform. #DrugPolicy #PublicHealth
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Europe faces a choice on drug policy: build on decades of evidence and public health progress, or revert to punitive approaches that have failed. Read the op-ed by Commissioner Aleksander Kwaśniewski in Parliament Magazine: 🔗 tinyurl.com/8ympbr6m #DrugPolicy #PublicHealth #EU
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Op-ed: Why Europe should avoid the trap of repressive drug policy
The Commission's new EU Drugs Strategy retreats from decades of progressive approaches, embracing a punitive stance that has proved disastrous glob...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Proud to announce that Commissioner Pavel Bém, a valued member of the Global Commission, has been appointed National Drug Coordinator of the Czech Republic. His expertise in psychiatry and substance use disorder will help advance scientific, evidence-based drug policy. 🔗 tinyurl.com/ycxuf83m
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Vybraní adiktologové pějí ódy na Pavla Béma. Což překvapuje - zdravezpravy.cz
Vybraní adiktologové podporují Pavla Béma [ODS] jako nového národního protidrogového koordinátora. Což překvapuje.
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
@politico.com: "The EU’s new drugs strategy could reverse decades of evidence-based policy in Europe in favor of a failed punitive approach, former New Zealand Prime Minister @HelenClarkNZ has warned. Read the article: pro.politico.eu/news/209583
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Punitive drug policies continue to drive discrimination, violence and preventable deaths. On Human Rights Day, the Global Commission reaffirms the need for drug laws that uphold dignity, health and human rights — policies that save lives and strengthen communities. #HumanRightsDay #DrugPolicy
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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · 02/12/2025
IDPC is deeply dismayed at this outcome, stands in solidarity with affected communities, and calls for mobilisation to denounce this injustice. 📄Read & share our full statement: f.mtr.cool/cdnxsqxtsw (3/3)
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WHO upholds coca leaf ban, defying evidence and ignoring Indigenous rights
Despite clear evidence and contravening Indigenous rights, WHO recommends the harshest scheduling for the coca leaf, upholding racist and colonial underpinnings of its ban.
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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · 28/11/2025
⚠️ UNDP shows punitive drug policies worsen poverty, exclusion and gendered harms — deeply affecting women who use drugs. 🌱 Development must centre rights, gender equality and harm reduction, not punishment. #EVAWUD2025
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Development dimensions of drug policy: Assessing new challenges, uncovering opportunities, and addressing emerging issues
UNDP charts a rights- and development-centred turn in drug policy, prioritising decriminalisation, harm reduction, equity-led transitions, and practical pathways to responsibly regulate some drug markets.
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
On #WorldChildrensDay, we affirm that children’s rights must guide all public policies, including drug policy. Punitive laws harm children & youth through family separation, exclusion from education, & barriers to support. Rights- and health-based approaches aligned with the #UNCRC are essential.
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The #GCDP expresses grave concern over recent lethal airstrikes authorized by the United States on boats in the vicinity of Latin America and the Caribbean, which are allegedly linked to drug trafficking. Read our full statement: globalcommissionondrugs.org/u-s-lethal-s... #DrugPolicy
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U.S. Lethal Strikes in Caribbean Expose the Failures of Punitive Drug War - Global Commission on Drug Policy
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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · 17/10/2025
🚫 For too long, global drug control has ignored the human cost. At #HRC60, w @globalcdp.bsky.social, we called for drug policies that ensure human rights compliance at every level. WATCH:
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Drug policy reform: A powerful tool to prevent serious human rights violations
The event will explore how drug policy reform can prevent serious human rights violations, broaden discussions beyond health, and highlight pathways toward decriminalisation, the abolition of the death penalty, and international cooperation.
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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
(1/3) Hamzah bin Ibrahim is scheduled to be hanged in Singapore tomorrow for a non-violent drug offence, despite giving substantive assistance to investigating authorities: www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/10/13/i...
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If disruption is the goal, why execute me? A final letter from death row
Scheduled for execution on 15 October 2025, Hamzah bin Ibrahim accepts responsibility but questions the justice of his sentence. He cooperated with authorities, received a Certificate of Substantive A...
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Comm'rs @helenclarknz.bsky.social & Michel Kazatchkine met w/ @bdb-offiziell.bsky.social, German Federal Government Commissioner for Drug & Addiction Policy, to discuss nat'l reforms, European developments, & global cooperation on health- & evidence- based #DrugPolicy. 📸 @bdb-offiziell.bsky.social
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
On #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty, we reaffirm: capital punishment for drug offenses violates international law, fuels inequality, and fails to deter use or trafficking. Drug policies must protect life, dignity, and human rights. 👉Read our latest report: tinyurl.com/2v6aep9f
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Commissioner Ruth Dreifuss met with Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of @un-habitat.bsky.social, to exchange ideas on promoting cities that prioritize health, inclusion & resilience. Collaboration is essential for people-centered urban development. #UrbanHealth #ForumOfMayors #SDGs
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Comm'r Ruth Dreifuss, official spokesperson at the 5th meeting of the UN #ForumOfMayors, highlighted how cities are on the front line of public health. By addressing inequalities, protecting human rights & supporting community-led responses, mayors can build healthier, stronger cities. #UrbanHealth
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
During #HRC60, Commissioner Ruth Dreifuss met w/ Pakistan’s Minister of State for Law and Justice, Barrister Aqeel Malik, to discuss aligning drug policies w/ human rights principles, promoting evidence- and rights-based reforms, & strengthening int'l cooperation. #DrugPolicy #HumanRights #GCDP
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🧵 1/3 At #UNGA80, the #GCDP co-hosted a side event launching @UNDP's third discussion paper on drug policy & development.
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Vital Strategies @vitalstrategies.org · 24/09/2025
Our CEO and President, Mary-Ann Etiebet, M.D., met with former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, on the sidelines of the #UNGA to discuss NCDs and the critical role of leadership in addressing the present challenges and opportunities facing public health.
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
The #GCDP Secretariat delivered, on behalf of Comm'r Anand Grover, the keynote at a roundtable during #HRC60. The discussion focused on accountability & remedies for human rights violations linked to drug control, guided by the International Guidelines on Human Rights & Drug Policy. #HumanRights
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Global Commission on Drug Policy @globalcdp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🧵 1/4: At #HRC60, the #GCDP and @idpc.net co-organized a side event on how drug policy reform can prevent serious human rights violations. The discussion emphasized abolition of the death penalty, international cooperation, and decriminalization as key pathways.
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International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC) @idpc.net · 16/09/2025
🚨 STARTING NOW! At #HRC60: 'Drug policy reform: A powerful tool to prevent serious human rights violations' w/ @globalcdp.bsky.social 📍 Palais des Nations, Geneva | Concordia 5 + Access:
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