 Thank you very much Mr Chair. Distinguished delegates, excellences, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for allowing me to speak today on behalf of the Civil Society Task Force. As the UNGAS outcome document recognises, civil society and affected populations play an important role in addressing and countering the world drug problem. We should be enabled i'n gweithio i'r fformulau, ffrenwyr a'r ystyried cymrydau o'r policy drwg. Helo, rydyn ni'n Gymru. Fe yw'r ysgwrdd drwg ynlegol i'r websig. Felly dywed ar y Cymru, yw Llyfrgell Cymru, ar y Cymru yw Llyfrgell Cymru, yw Llyfrgell Cymru, ar y gymryd Jamie. Felly, mae'r cyfrifiad? Felly, rwy'n fawr ymddiad? Ymgyrch yn ymgyrchu Llyfrgell. Felly hyd yn ei wneud chi i fod yn yw'r cerdd yma'r termaeth? Fe wedi cael eu lleol, ac mae'n dod yn y cerdd, ac mae'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio. Mae'n gweithio'n cael ei wneud y 5 yma, ac mae'n gweithio'n gweithio, ac mae hi'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio. Felly dwi'n rhai oes? Felly rydyn ni wedi gweld ein cyfieith i gael rhaglen yng Nghymru yn 2019, Nariddiau Gwymwynt Gwymwynt Gwymwynt Gwymwynt Gwymwynt Gwymwynt Gwymwynt Gwymwynt Gwymwynt ac rydych chi wedi biaswyd cyfawr sydd gyff�au cycofawr a roeddwyd ei cyfieithau ar y dwylliant. Fe wneud dadol, gan lei'r cyfieith cyfieith y gwaith, efallai chi'n gwneud fod yn siaradol ac yn byw'r bod yn ymweld fod yn eithaf. Roeddwn yn amlwn i'ch gwybod fe gydrwyddo yma, y dyna'r ystod gwahod cyfan gyffredinol yn y llwyddo llunio yma. Mae'r gwahod cyfan sy'n cyrraedd ymlaen ei ddweud o bwyntio'r gyfan, a'r gwahodr hynny yw'r busud yn gwneud â'r busud yn y brif. Mae'r busud yn gwneud a wahanol yn cyffredinol yn cyfostafol yn cyfostafol yn cyfostafol. Mae'n gyfreidio'i ffan sydd yn y gwnaeth. Waith yw'r gwyb i Marser yn gwen â beth o tai, ac yn gweithio'r union cyffredinol yn cyfostafol. oedd yn edrych. Rydyn ni'n ziwyd ei bod hi allan 5 yma, mae'n gweithio'n i'r pandemau COVID-19. Mae'n gwneud â'r holl sydd ar y cyfosodol cyllideb yn i ddim yn cyfosodol a mae'r ymddag, ac mae'n meddwl ei wneud iawn, ond byddwn i'n meddwl i'r gwneud. Ond, mae'n meddwl i'n meddwl i'r meddwl i'r meddwl i'r meddwl a'r meddwl i'r meddwl i'r meddwl i'r meddwl i'r meddwl, Gwyd ddwy angen i chi'n ddweud o'r NGO ar y cyfnodd yma? Gwyd yw ddweud, eich cyfnodd yma, mae'n ymwneud o'r amlwg sydd yn ei ddaluniau, a mae'n ddweud yma yna hwnnw er mwyn NGO yma. Mae'n ddweud, maen nhw'n ddweud. Mae'n ddweud yna sy'n ddweud, mae'n ddweud o'r llwyf i gyd. Mae'n ddweud, mae'n ddweud, y gallwn i mi fyddio ar y pwysgol yma, mae'n ddweud, yn eu cyfnodd yn ei ddweud. Felly mae'n rhoi'n meddwl, rydym yn ymweld i'r ffordd yma, yn ymweld i amddangos, oherwydd eu gorau ffrindiau ar y llai o'r un o'r unol, mor sydd yn dweud i'r ffordd ei sgolion, yn ymddangos fel yn ffordd. Mae ymweld i'r ffordd i here yn ymweld i'r ffordd a sy'n dweud i'n dweud i'n dweud. Felly oherwydd ymweld i'r ffordd yn ymweld i'r ffordd a'r prasio, ac yn ymweld i'r ffordd. Ond yna'r gweithio i'r gweithio i'r gweithio? o'r Gwstai Gawrmands o'r... I mean, it's not so much battles, but it's definitely a lot of advocacy. We have to do a lot of engagement with member states that are less comfortable with strong civil society engagement. Sometimes we have an NGO that wants to speak and what they want to say is particularly uncomfortable for a government to hear. So we have to do a lot of... It's not really a battle, but it's more just trying to keep the peace, trying to make sure that things are done in a respectful way, trying to make sure that everything, all the civil society engagement here is constructive. Because sometimes you can come and make a lot of noise, but not really get heard. And I think that's what we've been trying to make sure doesn't happen. So, yeah, it's definitely not a battle because, like you say, this place is increasingly civil society friendly, but we do have to continuously be watching to make sure that that space doesn't get closed, yeah. Can you shortly introduce us to the NGOC, like what's its mission, can you talk about the membership? Yeah, so the Vienna NGO committee, it's actually, this year is its 40th anniversary, so it was founded in 1983. And its role is to represent civil society and to open spaces for civil society here at CND, and also to just to help civil society understand how things work here at CND. So we're really kind of like the link between the two, and we don't try to speak on behalf of civil society. Our job is to make the space, and then the NGOs can use that space themselves. So we've got 360 members from 100 countries all around the world, and they range from harm reduction NGOs to drug law reform NGOs to prevention, treatment, recovery, criminal justice NGOs. There's a huge, huge range of different perspectives, and the NGOC's job is to make sure that they all can get into this building, that they can speak at the plenary and host side events, and that they understand how to advocate, how to use the CND for their own work. What are the remaining barriers to break down for civil society here at the UN, especially CND? I would say, I think one of the biggest barriers is that there are still some member states that are very uneasy about our engagement here. So I think there's still a lot of advocacy we have to do to win some governments over. Even in the last few weeks, we know there's been pretty hard debates here in Vienna about civil society engagement. I think the other battle is we have the space, but I think half a battle now is going the next step. How do we turn this advocacy that we do here in Vienna into real change at the national level, and how do we take what we do here and take it home with us? How does each NGO go back to their home country and use the CND to change what they're doing? That's obviously, in some places, that's very challenging. What are the main issues this year at the CND, especially with regard to advocacy? I think the main issue so far has been looking to next year, because next year we have the high-level meeting, the mid-term review, as it's called in 2024. So I think a lot of the energy so far has been just going to make sure that civil society is included in that whole process, and we are, and we're very thankful for that. I think the other issues, this is the first CND where we have hundreds and hundreds of civil society participants physically here in Vienna, first time since March 2020. So I think there's also some adjusting back to that way of working, because a lot of things like the side events have been online for the last two years. So yeah, just welcoming everyone back and also just readjusting to what needs to happen when there's this many NGOs at a meeting. A lot of people are talking about the changing narrative here. If you listen to the speeches, how do you feel about that? Yeah, it has. What's interesting is when someone, I was talking to a former chair actually of the NGOC, Michelle Peron, and he hasn't been here since 2014. And it's then that people can really see how much this place has changed. When you come every year, sometimes you don't notice the steps in that progress, but when you compare what we've been hearing today from the governments and from the other speakers, and you compare that to five years ago, 10 years ago, it's a world different. So there's been huge progress, and I think civil society has a huge role to play or had a huge role to play in that. It's moving forward, but obviously not as fast as a lot of people would like. What would you recommend to your successor? Yeah, I think there's so much like, we just have to carry on fighting the good fight. I think the key thing is building those relationships with the key people here, key member states, key policy makers, UNODC officials. When you're representing the Vienna NGO Committee, you're really representing, or you're trying to open space on behalf of the whole of civil society. So you've got to have those relationships and keep those relationships positive and just enjoy it because it is genuinely good fun. Thank you so much for the interview and thank you for your work because I think it really did make a difference. Thank you very much.