Global Commission on Drug Policy

At the annual meeting of the Global Commission on Drug Policy held in Geneva on 30 September, Mr Annan joined six former presidents and leading experts to discuss the progress on drug policy reform in different regions and to build a strategy for the Commission’s work over the next two years. Kofi Annan and former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, stressed that while drug trafficking is a growing problem in West Africa specifically, the problem remains largely ignored by its leaders while civil society debate is muted and often uninformed. Both underlined the need for an evidence-based discussion about humane and effective ways to reduce the harm caused by drugs.