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1. “Building effective action thus requires a strong framework of international cooperation and shared responsibility. I deliberately use the word "build", as there is no single measure, no one step in any given part of the world that can address this problem alone. The building blocks we need can be found in the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. This international treaty, concluded more than a decade ago, is still young, but some 158 countries have now criminalized most forms of human trafficking in their domestic laws, in line with the Protocol. It is true that the full implementation of the Protocol's provisions has yet to be achieved.”

   2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

2. “Indeed, this is a historic meeting of the Security Council, as the Council is set to adopt, for the first time in its history, an action-oriented resolution dedicated to human trafficking. I would also like to thank UNODC Goodwill Ambassador Nadia Murad for helping to raise awareness of the plight of trafficking victims. Thanks to these efforts, heightened attention is being given to the problem of human trafficking in conflict and mass movements of refugees and migrants, where we have seen this terrible crime acquire ever more appalling dimensions. In seeking to strengthen international responses, we must keep in sharp focus the fact that human trafficking is pervasive. It is transnational, and its victims are everywhere. Trafficking victims have been detected in 106 countries and territories around the world.”

   2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

3. “Mr. Fedotov: Several tragedies took place yesterday: the cowardly assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey and the despicable terrorist attack in Berlin. May I express, on behalf of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), my deepest condolences to the Governments of the Russian Federation and Germany and to the families of the victims. As the UNODC mandate includes counter- terrorism, we stand ready to increase our support to Member States to strengthen international solidarity and cooperation in fighting the scourge of terrorism and hatred. Turning to the agenda item under consideration, allow me to begin by expressing my gratitude to the Security Council for its attention to this urgent issue.”

   2016-12-20 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7847 (2016) · source

4. “UNODC will continue to work over the long term with partners, including the Afghan Government, to counter illicit drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism in Afghanistan and in Western and Central Asia, as well as along the main drug trafficking routes to the rest of the world. In its pursuit of that strategy, UNODC is helping to integrate those activities into economic and national security planning. Afghanistan is hard pressed under the impact of illicit drugs, and I call on the international community to remain fully committed to helping to alleviate that destructive threat.”

   2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source

5. “UNODC, as a guardian of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, is working with Afghan counterparts to draft a new, comprehensive anti-corruption law based on international standards and best practices. Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda promotes peaceful and inclusive societies. UNODC is working with the relevant Afghan authorities to enhance the capacity of financial intelligence units and regulatory and criminal justice institutions to analyse, detect, investigate and prosecute cases of economic crime. The new National Peace and Development Framework and the national drug action plan underscore the Afghan Government's willingness and determination to counter illicit production and trafficking and to reduce demand.”

   2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source

6. “Afghan heroin is also linked to terrorism and the insurgency. The bulk of opium cultivation takes place in areas controlled by the Taliban, and they receive tens of millions of dollars through their taxes on drug trafficking. UNODC welcomes the Afghan Government's decision to develop a national action plan on violent extremism, and we are helping to implement it. While we appreciate donors' interest in alternative development projects being carried out in Afghanistan in cooperation with other United Nations agencies and the Government, much more needs to be done. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is driving momentum for more ambitious alternative development projects for Afghan farmers who are currently growing illicit crops. Illicit drugs fuel corruption.”

   2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source

7. “In order to build links between the regional bodies operating along the major opiate trafficking routes, UNODC has introduced a networking-the-networks initiative designed to leverage information-sharing. Our work forms part of an overall interregional drug- control response to illicit trafficking. Its activities include support, including in the field, for the Paris Pact Initiative. UNODC recently established an air cargo unit at the Kabul international airport. Afghanistan is now one of the first countries in the world to implement the air-cargo segment of the UNODC-World Customs Organization Container Control Programme. In the essential area of health, UNODC supports treatment services founded on scientific evidence and human rights, especially for vulnerable children and young people exposed to drugs, as well as their families.”

   2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source

8. “UNODC activities, delivered through our integrated and comprehensive projects and programmes, are targeting those and other challenges. Our country programme for Afghanistan, linked to our Regional Programme for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries, is assisting in building the capacity of the Ministry of Counter-Narcotics and the narcotics police. Earlier this month, I visited the Domodedevo Project, supported by Russia and Japan, which is using professional training to improve the capacity of Afghanistan's narcotics police. UNODC is promoting cooperation in the region through the Regional Programme, its Triangular and Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Initiatives, the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre and the Gulf Cooperation Council Criminal Information Centre to Combat Drugs.”

   2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source

9. “The efforts of UNODC and its partners in Afghanistan are continuing against that background and that of the bitter ongoing insurgency. The Brussels Conference on Afghanistan and the resulting communique underlined the importance of these activities. Countries and organizations committed to a sustained and integrated approach to dealing with the production and trafficking of illicit drugs and precursor chemicals. The Conference highlighted the importance of fighting organized crime, including money laundering, corruption and the financing of terrorism, as well as of treating and rehabilitating drug users. The communique expressed the international community's determination to counter all forms of terrorism and extremism.”

   2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source

10. “Mr. Fedotov: I am grateful for this opportunity to update the Council on the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) against illicit drugs in Afghanistan and their impact on health, development and security. Since my last briefing (see S/PV.7802), UNODC has published its Afghanistan Opium Survey 2016, referred to in the report of the Secretary-General (S/2016/ 1049), which shows a worrying reversal ofthe efforts to combat this persistent problem. Opium poppy cultivation has grown by 10 per cent and production by 43 per cent, an increase driven by a 30 per cent rise in the average opium yield. In the past year, the number of provinces that are poppy-free has gone down from 14 to 13, while eradication, which has dropped by 91 per cent, is in free fall.”

    2016-12-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7844 (2016) · source

11. “We will continue to support peacekeeping operations and Member States and to promote equitable criminal justice systems and the rule of law in the context of peaceful and inclusive societies, in support of Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

12. “In that regard, we are cooperating closely with the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and the Group of Five for the Sahel. We are also working with the UNOWAS Department of Political Affairs, DPKO and INTERPOL, our partners in the implementation of the West Africa Coast Initiative, which has led in particular to the creation of anti-transnational-crime units that have enabled major drug seizures and their effective prosecution. UNODC and its partners will continue to combat the threats of terrorism, violent extremism and all the challenges surrounding them.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

13. “All UNODC activity in Africa is supported by our field office network, working according to priorities, established by Member States and African regional organizations, that are central to the three new regional programmes launched this year for West Africa, North Africa, the Middle East and East Africa. In West Africa, our regional programme is aligned with the action plan of the Economic Community of West African States and the priorities of the countries in the region. In that context, our Sahel programme is helping to strengthen national criminal justice systems' capacity to combat drug- and arms-smuggling, organized crime, terrorism, money laundering and corruption, and represents UNODC's contribution to the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

14. “UNODC efforts seek to strengthen criminal justice preventive measures, including preventing radicalization and prison violence; reinforce approaches based on maintaining human rights and the rule of law in combating terrorism; prevent the recruitment of terrorists, especially foreign terrorist fighters, including through the Internet; support policies and programmes for victims of terrorism; and help to develop national and regional action plans for preventing violent extremism. Many of those efforts are happening in Africa, particularly in the Sahel and countries in West, North and East Africa. UNODC is partnering with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) in order to deal more effectively with such threats.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

15. “The efforts of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) are aimed at implementing several capacity-building projects designed to improve criminal justice systems and promote the rule of law. There are 20 projects within the framework of the CTITF plan for preventing Violent extremism that UNODC is working on with its partners, and a large number of those are related to strengthening good governance and the rule of law.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

16. “In Nigeria, Boko Haram directs a network of highly profitable criminal activities, while in Somalia, Al-Shabaab has received tens of millions of dollars from illegal exports of charcoal and piracy. Because of this, peacekeeping missions dealing with terrorists and violent extremists can find themselves in dangerous situations. I commend the Secretary-General for his establishment in late October of the High-level Action Group on Preventing Violent Extremism, which has been working on a plan of action to counter that threat. Based on that approach, the Working Group of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF) has identified 12 recommendations for implementation by the United Nations, with the goal of preventing Violent extremism, sharing best practices and supporting Member States' efforts.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

17. “I welcome today's debate in the Council, designed to promote effective action against the challenges that peacekeeping operations are dealing with in the form of asymmetric threats. One ofthose challenges, as the Council is aware, is the ties that exist between terrorists and criminal networks in many parts of the world. In Afghanistan, drug traffickers pay the Taliban for protection. In the Middle East, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant profits from trading and illicit trafficking in cultural goods and oil and from kidnappings for ransom. Criminals in West Africa pay terrorists' travel expenses in order to secure routes used for human trafficking and for smuggling migrants, arms, drugs and tobacco through the Sahel and the Sahara to Europe.”

    2016-11-07 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7802 (2016) · source

18. “As the incoming chair of ICAT, I will invite UNODC's counterparts to follow-up the discussion in this meeting of the Security Council. With the Convention and Protocol, we have a strong, agreed legal basis for international cooperation and concerted action against trafficking in persons, including in situations of conflict. Through ICAT, we have the structures in place to coordinate United Nations action to provide comprehensive assistance to Member States. We need to make the best use of these tools. UNODC stands ready to support Member States.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

19. “Next year, we seek to bring together practitioners from countries hosting large refugee populations to share experiences in addressing the vulnerability of refugees to trafficking and preventing victimization. Within the United Nations system, UNODC seeks a strong, coordinated and consistent response through its active participation in the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT). Established by the General Assembly, ICAT brings together 16 United Nations and other partners engaged in the fight against human trafficking. By harmonizing our approaches and taking advantage of each agency's added value, we can help to ensure that there are no gaps in the United Nations system's response.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

20. “Dedicated programmes have also been set up in key regions affected by conflict. In response to migrant smuggling through the Mediterranean - which to a large degree is the result of conflicts in Syria and Libya - UNODC has developed a plan to support Member States, encompassing research and analysis, national capacity-building, regional and interregional cooperation and enhanced protection for victims. By strengthening criminaljustice capacities, as well as the regulatory frameworks for banks and other financial institutions, we also help to disrupt the illicit financial flows, corruption and money-laundering that enable criminal activities. The interests of the victims remain at the heart of UNODC's efforts.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

21. “The bad news is that not many countries fully use these laws - their own laws. Forty- one per cent reported no convictions at all or fewer than 10 convictions per year for the charge of human trafficking. Clearly, this impunity must end. I hope that this debate will further encourage States parties to fulfil their commitments and obligations under the Convention and Protocol. More can and should be done to foster cooperation among States affected by trafficking, whether they are countries of origin, transit or destination. UNODC, as the guardian of the Convention and its Protocols, is assisting countries in these efforts. Over the past two years, UNODC has delivered assistance to more than 60 countries, through its global programme against human trafficking, to enable Governments to effectively implement the provisions of the Protocol.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

22. “The Protocol also laid the foundation for further groundbreaking steps, including the General Assembly's adoption in 2010 of a Global Plan of Action against Trafficking in Persons (General Assembly resolution 64/293), which also mandated the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to conduct research on trafficking, and established the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. The Convention and Protocol provide a legal and practical framework under which countries can cooperate to address a crime that commonly involves multiple jurisdictions. The good news is that most countries in the world are States parties to the Convention and the trafficking Protocol, and in recent years most of them have enacted relevant laws.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

23. “Taking action in such a fluid environment clearly presents great challenges. This debate is a timely reminder to the international community that we in fact already possess strong frameworks that can enable joint responses against trafficking in persons. First and foremost among these is the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its landmark Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children. Adopted by the General Assembly in 2000 and entering into force in 2003, the Protocol was the first international instrument calling for all acts of human trafficking to be criminalized.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

24. “Syria was primarily a country of destination for trafficking before 2011. However, according to information collected for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Report on Trafi'icking in Persons, since that time at least 10 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East have detected Syrian victims. Trafficking victims from Iraq have been more frequently detected in many parts of the world since the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) started its insurgency in the north of the country. Trafficking victims from the Horn of Africa, including Somali citizens, are increasingly detected in Europe. While many are trafficked to other destinations, there are scores of victims bought, sold and exploited by groups like ISIL and Boko Haram in the territories where they operate.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

25. “Mr. Fedotov: The fact that criminals exploit situations of conflict and that transnational organized crime erodes the rule of law and can fuel insecurity is well known. The fact that the growing sophistication of the links between transnational criminal networks and terrorists in many regions of the world poses a grave threat to peace and security has been recognized many times over by the Council. Now this important and timely debate can help draw attention to, and promote action on, a particularly appalling aspect of the crime-terrorism-conflict nexus that has, unfortunately, received too little attention, namely, that the most vulnerable - women, children and men caught in the crossfire of conflict; often impoverished and displaced; many on the move to escape desperate circumstances - are falling victim to the traffic in human beings.”

    2015-12-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7585 (2015) · source

26. “That also means that, in the face of budgetary constraints and competing global demands, Afghanistan's partners provide the resources needed to deliver meaningful, integrated and targeted support. We cannot afford to do less. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador Tanin for all his efforts and to welcome him to the United Nations family.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

27. “While that trend may partially reflect global heroin market self- regulation, it is nevertheless positive news, particularly in View of the results of last year's survey, which reported a sharp increase in opium poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan. Moreover, our data indicate that there has been an increase this year in the eradication of opium poppy. For example, eradication in Helmand increased from 787 hectares in 2014 to 1,747 hectares in 2015. It is important that we acknowledge the positive steps that have been taken. We must endeavour to sustain and strengthen hard-won progress where it has been made. If we want to achieve sustainable progress, we need the steadfast commitment and engagement of the Afghan authorities and the international community.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

28. “Nevertheless, widespread international political support for alternative development has not been matched by funding. Overall gross disbursements of alternative development funds from member countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe accounted for just 0.1 per cent of global development assistance in 2013. We will present the full results of the 2015 Afghanistan opium survey shortly, as our report is being finalized. Today I can confirm that the figures available at this stage clearly indicate a decrease in cultivation, especially in critical provinces.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

29. “Supporting and expanding evidence-based prevention and treatment services in Afghanistan, including for HIV, remains a major challenge. We similarly face difficulties with implementing alternative livelihoods initiatives. Although the land area under opium cultivation in Afghanistan is just 3 per cent of the total agricultural land under cultivation, there are pockets where opium plays a major role in the rural economy. Opium accounted for an average of 12 per cent of all farmers' incomes in the southern provinces last year, and accounted for almost 30 per cent of the total area of agricultural land in Helmand province. Approached holistically as part of broader efforts to create economic opportunity and modernize the agricultural sector, alternative development has the potential to break this vicious cycle.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

30. “That is critical for building confidence, creating a safe and sound financial sector capable of supporting private sector-led growth, as well as enhancing Afghanistan's ability to address fraud and corruption. Our experts on countering money laundering and terrorist financing are providing technical assistance on the ground. UNODC supports Afghanistan in its stated priority of rooting out corruption by helping to review the relevant legislation and revise the national anti-corruption strategy. We are also supporting Afghanistan in the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Nevertheless, the situation remains undeniably difficult. The increase in Afghan opiate production over recent years has been accompanied by a sharp increase in local consumption.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

31. “Operationally, we are coordinating interventions through our Afghanistan country programme, the regional programme for Afghanistan and neighbouring countries and the programme for Central Asia, as well as the global container control programme, the maritime crime programme and the networking the networks initiative. Through the latter, UNODC is helping to develop interregional platforms for practical, real-time cooperation among law enforcement coordination centres, financial intelligence units and networks of prosecutors, so as to enable the exchange of information and criminal intelligence as well as the coordination of multilateral operations. We are working with the relevant Afghan agencies on the cross-cutting issue of illicit financial flows.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

32. “The Afghan Government has made advancing relationships with its neighbours a priority, and UNODC has continued to promote effective counter- narcotics cooperation in the region and beyond. The triangular initiative involving Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, as well as the initiative with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and other initiatives, have served as important platforms for regional cooperation. UNODC is also planning a high-level meeting with partners of Afghanistan and neighbouring countries, to be held in December in Vienna prior to the Paris Pact policy consultative group meeting.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

33. “The system provides access to the most up-to-date data on all available narcotics-related indicators in the country, including on eradication, cultivation, drug prices, treatment capacity, alternative livelihoods and seizures, to inform analysis, policy development and evaluation. That has helped to further reinforce the Ministry's leadership and coordination role in national counter-narcotics efforts. Such efforts cannot be limited to law enforcement alone. In response, the Ministry has launched a national mobilization against narcotics to involve communities, civil society, the media and development agencies. UNODC supports that initiative, as well as the development of the new Afghan national drug control action plan, which will be finalized soon.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

34. “Since I reported to the Council in December 2014 (see S/PV.7347), we have in fact seen efforts by the new Government to address opium production and trafficking, corruption and economic crime. In the face of those severe challenges. Afghanistan has sought to strengthen the effectiveness of the country's institutions, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has endeavoured to support those steps. Our work is undertaken in close coordination with United Nations system partners, especially the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. In June, UNODC and the Ministry of Counter Narcotics launched the Afghanistan Drug Reporting System.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

35. “Opium cultivation and processing remains one ofAfghanistan's leading economic activities, with the gross value of the opiate economy estimated in $2.84 billion in 2014. Accounting for some 13 per cent of the national gross domestic product, the export value of opiates considerably exceeded the value of the export of any licit good and service. Illicit drugs are supporting instability, insurgency, corruption and organized crime, while weakening State institutions and Afghanistan's overall ability to promote peace and good governance. Resolution 2210 (2015) stresses the importance of addressing mutually reinforcing, cross-cutting issues of counter-narcotics, anti-corruption and accountability.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

36. “Mr. Fedotov: This debate is taking place just a few days before world leaders are to start discussing a visionary and transformative development agenda that links peace and security to sustainable development and highlights the centrality of the rule of law and accountable institutions. The situation in Afghanistan makes the need for such an integrated approach abundantly clear. The recently held meeting just mentioned by my colleague Nicholas Haysom highlighted the need for effective measures to counter the narcotics trade, which is undermining the country's development and fuelling terrorism. Last year, Afghanistan accounted for an estimated 85 per cent of global opium production, and 77 per cent of global heroin production.”

    2015-09-17 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7526 (2015) · source

37. “The United Nations Development Assistance Framework for Afghanistan for 2015 to 2019 provides a solid platform for a joint United Nations response, including on counter-narcotics. Coordinated action also helps to ensure the efficient use of the available financial resources and international aid. President Ghani, at the recent London Conference, affirmed Afghanistan's readiness to overcome the past and face the future with full unity and with confidence. We must support Afghanistan in this momentous task and begin the decade of transformation with courage and determination.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

38. “UNODC's "Networking the Networks" initiative has facilitated a number ofjoint intelligence-led drug- control operations that are currently under way. We are also working with several countries through the Maritime Crime Programme to address the growing problem of heroin-trafficking on the high seas of the Indian Ocean, the so-called southern route. The Container Control Programme, which has been extremely effective in countering all forms of illicit trafficking, is now expanding beyond sea ports and dry ports to develop airport capacities, starting with Pakistan's Karachi airport. The importance of enhanced coordination also applies to the efforts of the United Nations system.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

39. “We must reinforce cooperative action against corruption and money laundering, strengthen governance and promote effective criminal justice responses to stop impunity. UNODC is also supporting Afghanistan's efforts to engage with its neighbours and the broader region. Through a three-tier, national-regional-global approach, UNODC is helping to weave together cross-border law enforcement, cooperation in criminal matters and drug- prevention responses, based on sound research of opiate trade trends. That interregional approach connects West and Central Asia, South-East Europe, the Gulf region and Eastern Africa - regions affected by the illicit trafficking of opiates and precursor chemicals from and into Afghanistan.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

40. “It is increasingly recognized that a balanced approach to the world drug problem must address demand reduction, with prevention and treatment services, including for HIV, based on scientific evidence and respect for human rights. Supporting and expanding such services must also be a priority in drug- control efforts in Afghanistan. UNODC is developing and piloting new programmes for drug prevention and treatment services for children exposed to drugs at a young age. Shared responsibility is the guiding principle of the international community's support and involvement in Afghanistan. The importance of regional cooperation has been reaffirmed by the Security Council. Nevertheless, we must do more to ensure that that shared responsibility become better operationalized so as to control drug-trafficking networks.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

41. “Reducing the vulnerability of farmers and communities must also include addressing the issue of access to irrigation and local markets, as well as access to education and health care. UNODC's World Drug Report 2015 will feature a special thematic chapter analysing the available evidence on the implementation of alternative development programmes, which can also help to inform efforts. Afghan opium accounts for 80 per cent of global production. The devastating impact on health and communities that illicit drugs have had in many countries is well known. But Afghanistan also pays a terrible price. The prevalence of opiate use in Afghanistan is among the highest in the world.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

42. “In our meetings, three priorities for comprehensive drug control were identified, which can guide us as we move forward: first, enabling alternative development as part of a broader and more comprehensive and more ambitious effort to modernize the agricultural sector; secondly, improving prevention, treatment, care and rehabilitation services; and, thirdly, countering organized crime and drug-trafficking through enhanced regional and interregional cooperation. Let me begin with the first point. Farmers need viable, licit livelihoods as a sustainable alternative to opium cultivation. As experience in other countries facing drug cultivation and production challenges has shown, eradication can be successful if fully supported by meaningful alternative development programmes.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

43. “We must do more to ensure that action to weaken the stranglehold of drugs and crime goes hand in hand with efforts to strengthen the licit economy. The importance ofintegrating counter-narcotics responses is reaffirmed in resolution 2145 (2014). It is further reflected in the continuing discussions on the post-2015 development agenda, as well as in the preparations for the 2016 special session of the General Assembly on drugs. Our responses must be long-term and adequately resourced, and they cannot be allowed to fall victim to silo mentalities or piecemeal approaches that cannot produce sustainable results. I was in Kabul in November to meet President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

44. “All in all, the illicit opium economy and related criminality, money laundering and corruption continue to threaten security, social and economic development, governance and health in Afghanistan, the region and beyond. That has been repeatedly recognized by the Security Council, including in its presidential statement of June (S/PRST/2014/12). The question before us remains: what can we do to stop illicit drugs from undermining the fragile progress, imperilling the future of Afghanistan and causing global harm? First and foremost, the lessons of the past decade strongly suggest that counter-narcotic efforts must be fully integrated into development and security strategies, and delivered as part of unified assistance.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

45. “Nevertheless, the transition also presents an opportunity to assess counter-narcotics strategies and to ensure that our responses are strong and effective. Since I reported to the Council in June (see S/PV.7208), UNODC released the Afghanistan Opium Survey 2014 last month. The report, unfortunately, confirms the negative trend of the continued increase in opium cultivation and production. The total estimated area under cultivation rose to 224,000 hectares in 2014, an increase of 7 per cent over the record level of last year. Eradication decreased from 7,348 hectares in 2013 to 2,692 hectares in 2014. As a result, production has climbed as much as 17 per cent to 6,400 tons. Average opium yield rose 9 per cent. I will stop quoting figures and numbers, as they are contained in the Secretary-General's report before the Council (S/2014/876).”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

46. “Mr. Fedotov: I would like to start by expressing my most heartfelt condolences to the Government and the people of Pakistan. We are deeply shocked by the horrific terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar that resulted in the death of so many innocent people, including children. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) remains committed to supporting the Government of Pakistan in its efforts to promote peace and security. Pakistan is a key partner of UNODC in the region in addressing the challenges of drugs and crime. This time of transition has had a clear impact on drug control efforts in Afghanistan. The new leadership and the international community face formidable challenges posed by illicit drugs.”

    2014-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7347 (2014) · source

47. “The 2016 special session of the General Assembly could also help at the international level by reviewing the achievements and challenges in countering the world drug problem, including in Afghanistan. Allow me assure the Security Council that UNODC will continue to support Afghanistan in fighting drugs and crime and will further promote regional and interregional cooperation in an integrated and comprehensive response to illicit drugs.”

    2014-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7208 (2014) · source

48. “But that will succeed only if we also provide licit markets for substitution crops and improve upon existing infrastructure. Secondly, we must remove the opportunities for criminals by focusing on good governance, the rule of law and anti-money laundering and anti-corruption activities. Those issues are a fundamental element of the Tokyo Mutual Accountability Framework. Nevertheless, there is still a great need to turn the text of the framework into concrete action so that we can eliminate corruption in Afghan society and its institutions and sever the flow of money from this crime. Thirdly, we have to generate the political will that can introduce a long-term engagement that binds together the United Nations family as well as the relevant international and national stakeholders.”

    2014-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7208 (2014) · source

49. “Afghanistan needs a meaningful action plan that takes a long term development, peace and security approach - one that is coupled with an effective drug control effort that is able to balance its different components of supply and demand reduction and alternative development and that mainstreams action against drug lords and criminality into work promoting sustainable economic and social development. A more comprehensive approach is needed in three key areas. First, there is a need to reduce the vulnerability of citizens to the illicit economy through improvements to the quality of their lives, including in the areas of health care, education and job creation. Of course, alternative development is an essential tool in those efforts that can help farmers to permanently move away from illicit crop farming.”

    2014-06-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7208 (2014) · source

50. “In that context, we are supporting the linkages between counter-narcotics intelligence-sharing centres such as the Joint Planning Cell, under the Triangular Initiative, and other regional centres, including the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre, the GulfCriminaI Information Center to Combat Drugs, the Southeast European Law Enforcement Centre and many others. To cement that process, last year UNODC launched its "networking the networks" initiative, which brings together regional centres to enhance criminal intelligence and to collaborate in operations along the main trafficking routes used for shipping drugs and precursors to and from Afghanistan. Despite the work of the international community, much more needs to be done.”

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