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1993 MOU Signatory Countries Meeting in Myanmar, 9-11 May
2001
The Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control (CCDAC) and the Myanma
government hosted the Senior Officials Committee Meeting and Ministerial
Meeting of six MOU signatory countries and UNDCP, during 9-10 May 2001
and 11 May 2001, respectively. Ministers and high level officials from
each of the six countries gathered in Yangon for a three-day round of
bilateral and multilateral meetings to take stock of progress made in
subregional drug control operations and discussed ways of further strengthening
their efforts in the fight against illicit drugs and drug-related crimes.
The six countries' delegations were headed by:
Cambodia: H.E.
Lt. Gen. Em Sam An
State
Secretary of Interior Ministry and Secretary-General of
National
Authority for Combating Drugs
China: Mr.
Yang Fengrui
Permanent
Deputy Secretary General
National
Narcotics Control Commission
Lao PDR: H.E.
Mr. Soubanh Srithirath
Minister
of the President's Office of Lao PDR and Chairman of
Lao
National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision
Myanmar: H.E.
Col. Tin Hlaing
Chairman
of Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control
Minister
of Home Affairs
Thailand: H.E.
Gen. Thammarak Isarangura
Minister
to the Prime Minister's Office
Office
of the Prime Minister
Vietnam: H.E.
Pol. Gen. Le The Tiem
Vice
Minister of Public Security
Vietnam
National Committee on AIDS,
Drug
and Prostitution Control
The meeting addressed progress made under the action plan projects in
the field of drug abuse control, reduction of illegal drug production
and trafficking, law enforcement cooperation and also discussed further
collective efforts to be launched at the cross-border, bilateral, and
regional levels. In addition, issues on cross-border law enforcement
co-operation, legal co-operation, precursor chemical control, the increasing
of synthetic drugs trafficking and abuse; especially, methamphetamines,
drug control advocacy and capacity strengthening, the spread of HIV/AIDS
through injecting drug-use group, as well as, rural drug demand and
poverty reduction were other topics that had been granted high concerns.
The participants discussed and agreed on some basic principles of country
partnership and co-operative advocacy programmes to strengthen governments'
ownership of international programmes and civil society's awareness
and participation.
The meeting also elaborated in more details on the success of the development
of a structure for law enforcement cooperation along the Chinese border
to Myanmar, Lao PDR and Vietnam. The cooperation supported by UNDCP
projects has resulted in successful joint operations against drug trafficker
kingpins. At the conclusion, the meeting approved a revised Subregional
Action Plan reflecting the discussed concerns and a new regional project
on "Precursor Chemical Control in East Asia." The US$ 1,793,700,
4-year project.
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