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has lead responsibility for drugs work and each
Government's own priorities for the Conference.
The conference is likely to be attended by
Ministers with a variety of portfolios
including Interior, Justice, Health and Foreign
Affairs. As a first step, therefore, we propose to
instruct posts to send a diplomatic note to Foreign
Ministries, providing details of the Conference
and its objectives and asking for advice on
which Minister should be sent the formal invitation
from the Home Secretary.
The Home Office are aiming
to issue the formal invitations during November.
6.
For the Conference to be held in association
with the United Nations, it is normally a
requirements that all UN member states should be
invited. It is therefore proposed that the British
Government should invite all UN member states
(and non-member states with General Assembly
observer status) with which it has diplomatic
relations, other organisations with standing invitations to participate in the sessions and work
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of the General Assembly (as observers, selected UN
specialised agencies and
inter-governmental
organisations, British Dependent Territories and
Crown Dependencies (who would attend as members of
/the
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