UNITEDNATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIALCOUNCIL 'I ~,'"Distr. GENERAL E/CN.7/1985/9 13Decembe~ 1984 ENGLISH ORIGINAL: ENGLISH COMMISSION ONNARCOTIC DRUGS Thl~ty-fi~st session Item3oftheprovisional agenda SITUATION ANDTRENDS INDRUGABUSEANDTHEILLICIT TRAFFIC, INCLUDING REPORTS OFSUBSIDIARY BODIES CONCERNED WITH THEILLICIT TRAFFIC INDRUGS Operational HeadsofNational Narcotics LawEnforcement Agencies, FarEastRegion, Report ontheEleventh Meeting 26-30November 1984 CONTENTS Chapter Paragraeill!. Page 1.ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING AND 1-8 2 ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS H.DISCUSSION OFAGENDA ITEMS 9--94 4 Ill.DECISIONS 95 22 IV.RECOMMENDATIONS 96 23 Annex Listofparticipants V.84-9428825".' ..~ iE/CN.7/1985/9 page2 I.ORGANIZATION OFTHEHEETING ANDADMINISTRATIVE HATTERS 1.Inacco~dance withEconomic andSocialCouncil resolution 1845(LVI)of 15May1974,theEleventh Heeting ofOperational HeadsofNational Narcotics LawEnforcement Agencies, FarEastRegion (HONLF~) washeldinBangkok, Thailand, from26-30November 1984.TheDivision ofNarcotic Drugsprovided thesecretariat services fortheHeeting. 2.Allparticipants we~ewelcomed byPoliceMajorGeneral Chavalit Yodmani, Secretary-General oftheNarcotics Control BoardofThailand whodrew attention tothe ten successful yearsofworkbyHONLEA, totheprofits from drugtraffic whichhadnevertheless causedthespreadofsuchtraffic and whichconsistently increased theneedforco-ordinated druglawenforcement action. TheFarEastregionwasastrategic areaandtheGovernment of Thailand wasconvinced thatwithpersistent co-operation ilwouldbepossible toovercome thepresentdifficult siluation. 3.Therep~esentative oftheDivision thanked theSecretary-General ofthe OfficeoftheNarcotics Control Board(ONCB)forhiswelcome andnotedlhal thiswasthethirdoccasion onwhichlheGovernment ofThailand had generously actedashosttoHONLEA. Heexpressed thebelieflhatHONLEA, whichhadbeeneslablished underUnitedNations auspices, wasamosl successful regional co-ordination mechanism fordruglawenforcement. It wouldbeveryusefultoextendsimilar mechanisms toolherregions, especially atpresent laAfrica. Recenttrendsincluded worldwide seizures in1983of40tonsofcocaine, 10,000 tonsofcannabis, 280lonsofcannabis resinand80tonsofopiumaswellas12tonsofheroin; inspiteofthese increased seizures, whichwerepartlytheresultofimproved co-ordinaled actionofthetypeencouraged byHONLEA, availability inmanyregions was increasing andpriceswerefalling ontheillicit market. Hedrewattention torecentinitiatives intheUnitedNations General Assembly including the possibility ofadrafLConvention relating totheillicil druglraffic. 4.Themeeting wasinaugurated byH.E.General Prachuab Suntrangkoon, DeputyPrimeMinister, whowelcomed allparlicipants onbehalfoftheRoyal ThaiGovernment. Expressing apprecialion totheUnitedNations Division of Narcotic Drugs,heoutlined theworldwide problem ofdrugabuseandthe emergence ofnewtechniques ofdrugsmuggling. Thisplacedaheavyburden on druglawenforcement officers toworkoutmoreeffective approaches to counter drugtrafficking. S.TheDeputyPrime Hiniste~ stressed theneedtocounler increased transit andother t~affic bygreater unification ofactionandmutualcollaboration. TheGovernment ofThailand remained fullycommitted totheinternational drug control treaties. Itwasconcentrating onreducing illicitcultivation and ondestroying clandesline heroinlaboratories alongthecountry's borders. Hareseverepunishment fortraffickers wasnowintheprocess ofbeing adopted intonational law.E/CN.711985/9 page3 6.Finally, theDeputyPrimeMinister reiterated thesupport ofthe Government ofThailand forthekindofworkofHONLRAinexchanging experience leading tocloserco-ordinalion ofworkagainsl theillicit traffIc. 7.Invitations hadbeenextended to26countries andterritories ofthe regionandaccepted by20ofthem.Anumberofcountries outside theregion
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the international effort to combat drug trafficking and drug abuse, with a specific emphasis on the Far East region. The discussion revolves around the meeting of Operational Heads of National Narcotics Law Enforcement Agencies, the sharing of information and best practices, and the need for international cooperation to address the growing problem of drug trafficking.

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Health, International trade