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ICDAIT SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS THE CULMINATION OF
INTERNATIONAL EFFORT MORE A LAUNCH PAD FOR A MORE CONCERTED
ATTACK ON THE DRUGS PROBLEM. THERE IS MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE,
FOR EXAMPLE THE NEW UN CONVENTION ON ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING.
13.
UN DRUGS BODIES HAVE A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY
IN FOLLOW-UP TO ENSURE A SUSTAINED COHERENT AND UNIFIED APPROACH.
14.
THE BOLIVIANS HAVE PROPOSED THAT A FURTHER CONFERENCE SHOULD
BE HELD IN LA PAZ IN 1992. WHILE IT IS TOO SOON TO SAY WHETHER
HMG SHOULD SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL, WE SEE NO REASON TO OPPOSE IT.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
15. NO COUNTRY IS IMMUNE TO THE DRUGS PROBLEM OR CAN TACKLE IT
ALONE. MR HOGG TOLD ICDAIT, 'THE DRUG TRAFFICKER IS A CITIZEN OF
THE WORLD IF EVER THERE WAS ONE' AND 'INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
IS NOT A LUXURY, IT IS A NECESSITY'. HMG HAVE PLAYED A LEADING
ROLE IN ENSURING THE DRUGS ISSUE IS KEPT AT THE FOREFRONT OF
INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSIONS, EG CHOGM. DURING OUR EC PRESIDENCY,
WE INITIATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COORDINATED EUROPEAN DRUGS
POLICY: DRUGS WAS DISCUSSED AT THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL. RECENT
SEIZURES OF POUNDS STERLING 9M COCAINE IN LONDON (LINKED TO
COOPERATION WITH COLOMBIA, THE WORLD'S MAIN COCAINE PROCESSING
CENTRE, AND THE US DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY)
AND POUNDS STERLING 10M HASHISH IN SPAIN
(FOLLOWING MONTHS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN AGENCIES IN SPAIN,
NETHERLANDS AND UK) SHOW WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED BY CLOSE
COOPERATION BETWEEN DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
MONEY LAUNDERING
16.
HMG HAVE LIKEWISE ENCOURAGED COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF
MONEY LAUNDERING. WE HAVE SIGNED NARCOTICS AGREEMENTS WITH
CARIBBEAN DEPENDENCIES AND WE HOPE TO ENTER INTO RECIPROCAL
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