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High-level Thematic Debate in support of the process towards the 2016 Special Session of the General Assembly on the World Drug Problem

All official statements are now available here. Opening session H.E. Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly The world drug problem affects us all. Drug trafficking affects national institutions. Worldwide markets are worth 332 billion dollars. Men, women and children are trapped in poverty, languish in prison. We …

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High Level Segment – Statement by Paraguay

Paraguay. Transit country for some substances.  Production of marijuana.  Have users now.  Smokable cocaine now.  Transit production and consumption requires integrated, multidisciplinary and forceful approach.  Dialogue with neighbors.  Supply reduction good but greater balance with demand reduction.  Necessary protection for most vulnerable.  Cocaine seizures.  98% cocaine paste.  Large variations in purity. Increase in price of …

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