(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Tajikistan has called on donor countries and international
organizations to provide financial and technical assistance to
secure its common border with Afghanistan, Trend reports with reference
to ASIA-Plus.
According to the press center of the Drug Control Agency under
the President of Tajikistan, DCA Director, Major-General Habibullo
Vohidov made this request while presenting the 2021 Tajikistan Drug
Situation Review to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in
Vienna on March 15.
The event was reportedly held using video-conferencing.
The help is needed due to growing threats and dangers emanating
from Afghanistan, including trafficking in narcotic drugs, weapons,
terrorist and extremist activities, human trafficking and other
transnational crimes, Tajik drug control kingpin was cited as
saying.
It is noted that heads and high-level delegations of UN member
nations, international organizations and civil society participated
in the event.
The participants were reportedly presented with the main trends
of the drug situation in the country and in the region, measures
taken by the Government of Tajikistan, international organizations
and public associations to combat drug trafficking in
Tajikistan.
Tajik drug control chief told reporters in Dushanbe on February
17 that 4,083,274 kilograms of narcotic drugs were reportedly
seized in Tajikistan last year, which is 68.4 percent or 1,658,036
kilograms more than in 2020.
Meanwhile, the 65th five-day session of the Commission on
Narcotic Drugs (CND), which brought together some 1,400
participants from 128 countries, 19 inter-governmental
organizations and 72 non-governmental organizations both online and
in-person, is concluding today.
The session has discussed emerging drug control issues and the
implementation of international drug policy commitments.
The session participants have reportedly considered a number of
resolutions this week, and more than 130 online side events have
been held during the session, addressing topics including access to
controlled substances for medical and scientific purposes,
strengthening international cooperation on drug control.
During the 65th session, the CND has also considered the
recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) on the scheduling of
six substances and precursors under the schedules of the
international drug control conventions.
The CND convenes every year and is the foremost
drug-policymaking body in the United Nations system. It is
responsible for monitoring the world drug situation, developing
evidence-based drug control strategies, and recommending measures
to address the world drug problem.
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