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HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS ICDAIT?
4. THE CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME MINISTERS,
NGOS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN ORDER TO AGREE ON FUTURE
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY TO TACKLE THE DRUGS PROBLEM. OVER 130
COUNTRIES WERE REPRESENTED. THE POLITICAL DECLARATION ADOPTED ON
26 JUNE ILLUSTRATED THE HIGH LEVEL OF POLITICAL COMMITMENT TO THE
PROBLEM. IN OUR NATIONAL STATEMENT MR HOGG (PARLIAMENTARY
UNDER-SECRETARY AT THE HOME OFFICE) REFERRED TO DRUGS AS ONE OF
'THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME'.
PRACTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
5. THE CMO A 'HANDBOOK' OUTLINING A LARGE NUMBER OF DETAILED
MEASURES WHICH GOVERNMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS MIGHT TAKE TO COMBAT
ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM. IT BUILDS ON THE EXPERIENCE AND
EXPERTISE OF ALL ICDAIT PARTICIPANTS.
POLITICAL DECLARATION
6. WE WELCOME THE DECLARATION AS AFFIRMATION OF INTERNATIONAL
COMMITMENT TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM AND WHICH, BY THE INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC POINTS, COVERS GUIDELINES FOR FUTURE ACTION.
DISPUTE OVER PRESIDENCY?
7. THERE WAS NO VOTE ON THE PRESIDENCY OR ANY OTHER POSTS. ALL
WERE (EVENTUALLY) AGREED BY CONSENSUS. SR BEDREGAL, BOLIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, STEPPED DOWN AS CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR, AGREEING INSTEAD TO CHAIR THE MAIN COMMITTEE. BOTH DR MAHATHIR, PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA, AS PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE, AND SR BEDREGAL MADE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
CONFERENCE.
UK'S ROLE?
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