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AMERICA.
12. NARCOTICS
DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE CONSTITUTE AN INCREASING THREAT TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THE MINISTERS EKSPRESSED THEIR RESOLVE TO UNITE THEIR COUNTRIES 1 FORCES TO FIGHT THIS SERIOUS INTERNATIONAL THREAT. THEY SHARED THE VIEW (WELCOMED THE FACT) THAT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING IN JUNE 1987 PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK OUT COMMON STRATEGIES TO COMBAT THE ILLICIT MANUFACTURE, TRAFFICKING AND CONSUMPTION OF DRUGS AND RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. IT IS NOW ESSENTIAL TO IMPLEMENT THE CONFERENCE'S RECOMMENDATIONS CONSISTENTLY AND RAPIDLY.
13. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONTINUES TO AFFECT A WIDE RANGE
OF COUNTRIES, AND IS A SOURCE OF GREAT CONCERN. THE MINISTERS REITERATED THEIR STRONG CONDEMNATION OF ALL FORMS OF INTER- NATIONAL TERRORISM AND THEIR RESOLVE TO CO-OPERATE AS
CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THIS SCOURGE OF HUMANITY. THEY ALSO UNDERLINED THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING
POLITICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS WHICH FORM THE ROOTS
OF TERRORISM.
14. CULTURAL RELATIONS
THE MINISTERS AGREED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN EC-ASEAN CULTURAL TIES. IN THIS CONTEKST, EMPHASIS SHOULD BE GIVEN BOTH TO THE COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE COOPERATION IN THE
FIELD OF SCIENCES IN GENERAL.
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