TNAG-1791-FCO40-2551-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 55

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DRUG TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE CONSTITUTE AN INCREASING THREAT TO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THE MINISTERS EXPRESSED THEIR RESOLVE TO UNITE THEIR COUNTRIES* FORCES TO FIGHT THIS SERIOUS INTERNATIONAL THREAT. THEY 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, IN PARTICULAR BY IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS AT THE 1988 MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS AND BY AN EARLY NEGOTIATION, SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE NEW UN CONVENTION ON

ILLICIT TRAFFICKING.

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