The United States has expressed its regret over not objecting to an agenda item during the 68th Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Austria. The statement was prepared for U.S. Representative Virginia P. Prugh concerning Agenda Item 9, which deals with contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), including follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The U.S. stance highlights opposition to linking CND's work with Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to the statement, "Agenda 2030 and the SDGs advance a program of soft global governance that is inconsistent with U.S. sovereignty and adverse to the rights and interests of Americans." The United States believes that this agenda item should instead focus on reaffirming CND’s primary role in assisting ECOSOC with supervising international drug control treaties.