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TRINIDAD and Tobago has been re-elected by acclamation to serve for another four-year term on the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) beginning on January 1, 2026, the Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs said on April 15.

The ministry said the election took place during the 14th plenary meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 4, where 20 members were elected to the CND including four members from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States.

TT currently serves on the CND, having been elected for the period 2022-2025, and before this, served from 2008-2011. The Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which meets in Vienna, Austria, is the central drug policymaking body within the United Nations system, entrusted with fostering and accelerating the implementation of all international drug policy commitments.