On December 8 and 9, 2022, a joint meeting of the 65th reconvened session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and the 31st session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) was held in Vienna. The delegation of Serbia consisted of representatives of the Office for Combating Drugs of the Government of the Republic of Serbia. The Economic and Social Council, in its decision 2011/259, entitled “Joint meetings of the reconvened sessions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice”, decided that, starting in 2011, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice would hold joint meetings during their reconvened sessions for the purpose of considering agenda items included in the operational segment of the agendas of both Commissions, with a view to providing integrated policy directives to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on administrative, budgetary and strategic management issues. The Commision on Narcotic Drugs held two meetings during its reconvened sixty-fifth session. Pursuant to Economic and Social Council decision 2011&259, one meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs was held jontly with the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to consider items 4 and 9 of the agenda of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and items 4 and 10 of the agenda of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Crmininal justice. At the joint plenary meeting, the Chair of ther Commision on Narcotic Drugs and the Chair of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice made statements. After the 65th session of the Commission for Narcotic Drugs was closed, the 66th session of the Commission for Narcotic Drugs was opened in order to elect the composition of the new Bureau.