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Amieyeofori

lines on the record: 105
first: 2009-12-08
most recent: 2011-11-30
sittings or episodes: 18
sources: un-security-council

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“Nigeria remains firmly committed to achieving the ultimate goal of ridding the country and the West African subregion of the menace of drug trafficking. Nigeria is also committed to strengthening ties with its development partners and the international community, especially with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, INTERPOL and the United Nations Office for West Africa. Nigeria believes that the problem of drug trafficking requires national, subregional and regional approaches. Thus, we will continue to work closely with the African Union, ECOWAS and the Intergovernmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa to tackle this problem. At the bilateral level, Nigeria is strengthening its ties with several countries, including the United Kingdom, South Africa and China, on drug control.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Initiative recognizes the importance of partnerships for leveraging resources and for building national and regional capacities in the areas of law enforcement, forensics, intelligence, border management, the fight against money-laundering and the strengthening of criminal justice systems. The Initiative requires international support and gradual expansion beyond the pilot countries. At the national level, the Nigerian National Drug Enforcement Agency has adopted a dual approach - drug supply control and drug demand control - to prevent the country from being used as a source, transit and destination for narcotics. The Agency is strengthening its institutional capacity, prosecutorial capability and surveillance activities.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“Indeed, they constitute serious impediments to subregional efforts to promote human prosperity, wealth creation, economic development, the rule of law and peacebuilding. Drug trafficking has led directly to increased violent crimes, small arms proliferation, human trafficking, corruption, money-laundering and political instability. Against this background, the States members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have demonstrated appreciable political will and commitment to fighting the scourge. In December 2008, the ECOWAS Action Plan on illicit drugs was adopted in Abuja by the heads of State and Government of ECOWAS as a major legal framework to complement existing mechanisms. The West Africa Coast Initiative to support the implementation of the Action Plan has also been launched in Vienna and in New York.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“In Africa, illicit drug trafficking, cultivation, processing and abuse are persistently on the rise and creating barriers to the continent's development efforts. International drug cartels outside the region are exploiting the underresourced border enforcement capacities of some countries and turning them into transit routes for prohibited drugs. West Africa is most affected by the reprehensible activities of these drug cartels. The subregion is fast becoming a major warehouse and transit hub for cocaine and other illicit drugs. The actions of these criminal syndicates constitute a major threat not only to the subregion's fledgling democratic structures, but also to governance in general.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source
“The Nigerian delegation congratulates you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month and on initiating this important discussion on drug trafficking as a threat to international security, thereby capping two years of productive presence on the Security Council. We thank the Secretary-General for his invaluable views and continuing efforts to tackle the problem. We also thank Mr. Antonio Maria Costa for his comprehensive statement and tenacity in the fight against drug trafficking. Drug trafficking remains a major challenge to global peace and security. No country is totally immune from its devastating effects and none can fight and win the anti-narcotics war alone, regardless of the size of the resources at its disposal.”
2009-12-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6233Resumption1 (2009) · source