Distinguished Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour to be here and to speak on behalf of the European Union and its Member States. Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, and Ukraine align themselves with this statement. This year marks ten years since the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem and the adoption of its outcome document, the