Brunei’s drug situation and challenges; Brunei’s policy stance towards drug issues; and efforts in realising the aspirations of a drug-free ASEAN by emphasising the policy of zero tolerance towards drugs, were among the highlights stressed by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Director Dato Paduka Mohd Zalani bin Haji Ismail when delivering the Sultanate’s national statement on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) voice and stance towards any recommendation in rescheduling drug policies.
He said this when the NCB attended the 66th Session of the CND (66th CND) from March 13 to 17, in Vienna, Austria.
Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco from Colombia chaired the session.
The Sultanate reaffirms the principal role of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) as the main policymaking body responsible for drug control matters and further reiterated the three international drug conventions that constituted the cornerstone of the drug control system.
