Referring to the full speech that was submitted in writing, India chose simply to stress the following themes: – Alternative development was one of the first goals of ungass 1998. India believes this is the appropriate way and that we should continue this path. Weaning farmers away from illicit drugs is difficult but the golden …
From Panel Discussions/Roundtables
Saudi Arabia
No one can ignore the fact that the adverse effects of drugs are not confined to any single country and that is why my country the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia subscribes great importance to combating narcotic drugs. We have criminalised all forms of trafficking drugs. We are waging war against these drugs which are a …
France Speech to HLM
France fully endorses the statement of the Czech republic. We must step up the fight against drugs. We must remember the stakes are high, these challenges are international. The political declaration reflects the new approach to drugs – its all in there – chairman we know that traffickers make light of national boundaries and the …
Georgia Speech to HLM
We have in Georgia decided that it is necessary to have a return towards a more humane drug policy and we have involved ourselves increasingly in preventive and treatment programmes – these have become much more extensive throughout our country and include opioid substitution therapies, financing of programmes, as well as drug dependency treatments and …
Paraguay Statement to HLM
Drug traffickers use small planes to go over Paraguayan territory. If 40 – 60kg of cocaine is going over our air space, the minimum the international community could do is support us with the technology we need to identify and intercept these drugs, this is the least that can be expected of international cooperation. From …
Germany Speech to HLM
I would like first to congratulate you Madame Chair on your election as chair of the high level segment and to use this opportunity to associate myself with the statement delivered by Czech on eu. This HLM is a very important meeting to establish a basis of international cooperation in drug policy for the next …