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130898
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 23:57
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Afghan drug trafficking turns into real threat to peace & security.
UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (Itar-Tass) - Drug trafficking in Afghanistan
has turned into the real threat both for regional and international
security.
This opinion was expressed on Wednesday by Russian chief delegate to
the UN Vitaly Churkin, speaking at an open meeting of the UN Security
Council.
"Russia is deeply worried over the situation in Afghanistan with the
production and illicit drug trafficking, which turned into the real threat
both to the regional and international peace and security," he said. "We
believe that such qualification of these challenges should be recorded in
future decisions of the Security Council on Afghan problems," the diplomat
added.
In the opinion of the Russian side, to fight this evil, "directly
connected with the spread of extremism and terrorism", the world needs a
comprehensive approach of systemic nature.
Such approach should combine "continuation of force measures,
including destruction of drug crops, and solution of social problems of
Afghan society, wiping out of poverty, transition to cultivation of
alternative agricultural crops and counteraction to corruption," Churkin
noted.
It is evident for Russia "that taking into account the large scale of
the Afghan drug threat, efforts of the Afghan government alone are
insufficient", he emphasised. "Joint actions of the world community are
needed under the aegis of the UN and with active participation of all
interested states, international and regional organisations, including
NATO, CSTO and SCO," the Russian ambassador continued.
He reckons that these aims could be promoted by establishment of a
broad anti-drug coalition, involving, apart the above structures, also
civil society institutions.
It is necessary in this connection that contingents of NATO countries
in Afghanistan "should cooperate more actively on these questions with the
Afghan government", Churkin noted. "More vigorous measures are also
necessary to cut short the traffic of precursors, without which heroin
cannot be produced," he underlined.
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has turned into the real threat both for regional and international
security.
This opinion was expressed on Wednesday by Russian chief delegate to
the UN Vitaly Churkin, speaking at an open meeting of the UN Security
Council.
"Russia is deeply worried over the situation in Afghanistan with the
production and illicit drug trafficking, which turned into the real threat
both to the regional and international peace and security," he said. "We
believe that such qualification of these challenges should be recorded in
future decisions of the Security Council on Afghan problems," the diplomat
added.
In the opinion of the Russian side, to fight this evil, "directly
connected with the spread of extremism and terrorism", the world needs a
comprehensive approach of systemic nature.
Such approach should combine "continuation of force measures,
including destruction of drug crops, and solution of social problems of
Afghan society, wiping out of poverty, transition to cultivation of
alternative agricultural crops and counteraction to corruption," Churkin
noted.
It is evident for Russia "that taking into account the large scale of
the Afghan drug threat, efforts of the Afghan government alone are
insufficient", he emphasised. "Joint actions of the world community are
needed under the aegis of the UN and with active participation of all
interested states, international and regional organisations, including
NATO, CSTO and SCO," the Russian ambassador continued.
He reckons that these aims could be promoted by establishment of a
broad anti-drug coalition, involving, apart the above structures, also
civil society institutions.
It is necessary in this connection that contingents of NATO countries
in Afghanistan "should cooperate more actively on these questions with the
Afghan government", Churkin noted. "More vigorous measures are also
necessary to cut short the traffic of precursors, without which heroin
cannot be produced," he underlined.
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