THE GLOBAL DAYS AGAINST THE DRUG WAR ON JUNE 5/10. ACTIONS IN MOSCOW ORGANIZED BY RADICAL PARTY

Moscow, May 28, 1998. The United Nations will hold the first-ever Special Session of the General Assembly on Drugs (UNGASS) from June 8th to June 10th 1998 in New York where only the expansion of existing repressive policy on a global level will be open for discussion.

It is of great importance that alternative proposals are heard. To this aim, a number of organizations - Transnational Radical Party including - have recently united to form the "Global Coalition for Alternatives to the Drug War".

Members of this coalition would participate in the "1998 Global Days against the Drug War", which are held Friday June 5th through Wednesday June 10th in cities around the world.

In Paris, Friday 5th through Sunday 7th, will be held the IX Congress of the CORA (Radical Antiprohibitionist Coordination) which is a federated member of the TRP. The Congress will be held under slogan "Prohibitionism on Drugs is a crime".

Radical Party, which is a NGO registered by the UN with category I consultative status, will take part together with other NGOs in alternative NGO forum inside the UN in New York on Tuesday June 9th.

In Moscow, there are also planned several antiprohibitionist actions which are being organized by Russian members of the Transnational Radical Party.

* JUNE 5th, 12:00

In National Press Institute (Prechistenka 10): press conference of the Radical Party, dedicated to the Global Days against the Drug War, to the latest antiprohibitionist initiatives of the Radical Party in the Russian Parliament (inquiry to the Constitutional Court regarding the recently adopted Federal Law "On Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances", amendments to the Criminal Code and to the anti-drug law itself).

* JUNE 6th AND 7th, 13:00 - 19:00

On Pushkin square (at the "Natasha" shop): street table to collect signatures of citizens under the petition to the Parliament "For The Intervention Of Rule Of Law: Legalize And Control Drugs To Face Them Better".

* JUNE 8th, 17:00

In front of the UN mission in Russian Federation (per. Obukha 6): demonstration under slogan "Prohibitionism On Drugs Is A Crime".

* JUNE 9th, 18:00

On Pushkin square (at the Pushkin's monument): antiprohibitionist rally, a nonviolent action of civil disobedience to the art. 46 of the new anti-drug law, which prohibits distribution of any information concerning drugs. Radical activists will distribute pamphlets with objective information on cannabis.

* JUNE 10th, 16:00 - 19:00

On Pushkin square (at "Natasha" shop): "Street Referendum" asking citizens to answer about their attitude to the depenalization of personal use, legalization of cannabis and controlled distribution of medical heroin among heroin addicts.

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