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Sweeping cuts to international development aid in 2025 have had a devastating impact on harm reduction services, civil society advocacy, community-led responses, and global research efforts. UN agencies have also been significantly affected. This event brought together member states, UN bodies, donors, and civil society partners to share perspectives on the crisis, highlight urgent funding and policy needs, and create space for reaffirming political and financial commitments to the global harm reduction response. Speakers & Contributors - H.E. Ambassador Rüdiger Bohn (Germany) — Representing the Group of Friends - Mauricio Carabalí Baquero — Counselor, Colombia - Catherine Cook — Acting Executive Director, Harm Reduction International (HRI) - Aditia Taslim — Advocacy Officer, International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) - Marijke Wijnroks — Head, Strategic Investment and Impact Division, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria - Candice Welsch — Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC This event took place in the margins of Thematic discussions on the implementation of all international drug policy commitments following up to the 2019 Ministerial Declaration (Autumn 2025), on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 (13:30–14:30). Room CR-7, 7th Floor, Vienna International Centre (VIC)