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OF 11110OZ JUNE 91
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INFO ROUTINE UKMIS VIENNA, UKMIS NEW YORK, OTHER EC POSTS INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, TOKYO, CANBERRA, STOCKHOLM INFO ROUTINE BRIDGETOWN, BOGOTA, KINGSTON, ISLAMABAD, NEW DELHI INFO ROUTINE RABAT, BANGKOK
DRUGS COORDINATION : SECOND MEETING OF THE LOWER TIER OF THE DUBLIN GROUP BRUSSELS, 3-7 JUNE 1991
SUMMARY
1. WIDE-RANGING EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND AGREEMENT ON ACTION
TO A FEW IMPORTANT ISSUES OF COMMON CONCERN.
DETAIL
2. THE LOWER TIER OF THE DUBLIN GROUP (DG: A DRUGS COORDINATION FORUM WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF THE TWELVE PLUS THE COMMISSION, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, SWEDEN AND JAPAN) HELD ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN BRUSSELS FROM 3-7 JUNE. THE FIRST MEETING WAS LAST OCTOBER. THE UK WAS REPRESENTED BY NCAD, HOME OFFICE AND HMCE. DISCUSSION WAS STRUCTURED BY REGION AND FOCUSSED ON DRUG-RELATED ASSISTANCE, LEGAL COOPERATION WITH SUPPLIER COUNTRIES, AND COORDINATION (FOR REQUESTS AND OFFERS) AMONG DONOR GOVERNMENTS. A UK REPORT ON DRUGS-RELATED ASSISTANCE WAS MUCH COMMENDED.
3. THE MAIN CONCLUSIONS TO EMERGE FROM THE REGIONAL SESSIONS WERE:
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(A) SOUTH EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC (CHAIRED BY JAPAN ENDO): SUPPORT FOR A REGIONAL COORDINATION CENTRE IN BANGKOK UNDER UNDCP AUSPICES, A PROPOSAL PUSHED BY THE JAPANESE WHOM IT IS ASSUMED WILL FINANCE IT. THE UK PRESSED FOR A JOINT DEMARCHE ON THE THAI AUTHORITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR PERFORMANCE IN RESPECT TO MONEY LAUNDERING AND TRAFFICKING. THE GROUP AGREED THIS COULD BE USEFUL.
(B) SOUTH WEST ASIA (FRG - SCHIFF): THE GERMANS CIRCULATED THE TEXT OF A FIRMLY-WORDED JOINT DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN, BUT DESPITE UK AND EVENTUALLY US SUPPORT, THIS WAS WATERED DOWN TO AGREEMENT TO DRAW PAKISTAN INTO A DIALOGUE WITH DONOR GOVERNMENTS. A SIMILAR GERMAN PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT DEMARCHE IN NEW DELHI RECEIVED NO SUPPORT, BUT CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED
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