Head of the International Relations and Legal Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Justice, Ketevan Sarajishvili delivered a speech at the 66th session of the UN Commission on Narcotics Drugs and Crime. In the report, she focused on the importance of a balanced and human rights-based drug policy in the country.

In her speech, the representative of the Ministry of Justice emphasized all the progressive steps taken at the national level, which made it possible to take countermeasures to modern challenges. In particular, the importance of a four-pillar drug policy, which includes preventive, treatment-rehabilitative, harm reduction and demand/supply reduction measures implemented in an integrated, equitable approach.

Ketevan Sarajishvili also spoke about the process of evidence-based drug policy development and, for this purpose, the creation of a national drug situation monitoring center in the country in January 2020. The National Center for Monitoring the Drug Situation is an institutional guarantee of the study of the current situation, analysis and implementation of a balanced drug policy.

In the 66th session of the UN Office Commission on Narcotics Drugs, high-level representatives of the United Nations member states, thematic international and non-governmental organizations are taking part. At the 66th session of the Commission, the Ministry of Justice was represented as the head agency of the inter-agency coordination council for the fight against drug addiction.