RESTRICTED
PRIORITY
AND TO PRIORITY PORT LOUIS, PORT MORESBY, PORT OF SPAIN
AND TO PRIORITY PORT STANLEY, PRAGUE, PRETORIA, QUITO, RABAT
AND TO PRIORITY RANGOON, REYKJAVIK, RIO DE JANEIRO, RIYADH AND TO PRIORITY ST GEORGE'S, ST HELENA, ST VINCENT, SANA'A
AND TO PRIORITY SAN JOSE, SAN SALVADOR, SANTIAGO, SEOUL
AND TO PRIORITY SINGAPORE, SOFIA, STOCKHOLM, SUVA, TARAWA
AND TO PRIORITY TEGUCIGALPA, TEL AVIV, TOKYO, TORTOLA
AND TO PRIORITY TRIPOLI, TUNIS, ULAN BATOR, VALLETTA
AND TO PRIORITY VICTORIA, VIENNA, VILA, WARSAW, WELLINGTON
AND TO PRIORITY YAOUNDE
FCO TELNO GUIDANCE 29 WORLD MINISTERIAL SUMMIT TO REDUCE DEMAND
FOR DRUGS AND TO COMBAT THE COCAINE THREAT
1.
The above conference, originally announced by the Home
Secretary on 18 May, will be held on 9-11 April 1990 at the
QE II Conference Centre, London. It will be opened by the Prime
Minister. President Barco of Colombia and the UN
Secretary-General have agreed to speak at the opening ceremony.
2. The conference is being held in association with the United
Nations. It will comprise plenary sessions and two expert groups (which would meet simultaneously) one covering demand reduction and the other the cocaine threat. The plenary will be
reserved mainly for national statements although, to save time,
we are proposing to invite participating states to circulate detailed statements in writing. It is proposed that invitations
be issued by the Home Secretary in November. To help ensure the
successful management of the Conference, we hope that delegations will be limited wherever possible to one Minister
and two Officials.
3. The objectives of the conference are:
(a) to maintain the momentum of international co-operation
on drugs developed at the International Conference on Drug
Abuse