aswellasofmeasures toensuretheforfeiture oftheproceeds ofdrug crimesundertaken withinandoutside theregion. Operational headsof national druglawenforcement agencies wereencouraged todevelop standing operation procedures and,inNovember 1985,itWasplanned tohold ~ month-long Anti-Narcotics Campaign. Therepresentative oftheDivision and otherparticipants expressed appreciation fortheworkbeingundertaken by theASEANNarcotic DeskOfficer inJakarta tomakeknowledge ofaclionlaken inASEANavailable totheUnitedNations andotherorganizations. The meeling notedthatUNFDACandUNDPwereactively considering assistance lo ASEANfordruglawenforcement training andforrehabilitation andnotedwith pleasure thatanincreasing numberofUnitedNations bodieswerenow supporting activity against thedrugtraffic anddrugabuse. 57.Therepresentatives ofIndiaandSriLankaoutlined theresults ofa fruitful discussion onimproved communications belween concerned agencies of Bangladesh, India,Nepal,Pakistan andSriLankawhichhadbeenheldin Colombo from14-16November 1984. Theywelcomed thesupport whichhadbeen received fromtheDivision, International Telecommunications Union(ITU), ICPO/Interpol andtheOfficeforFieldOperational andExternal Support Activities (OFOESA). Themeeting hopedthalcontinued contacts wouldforge fruitful arrangements especially inimproved communications. The availability oftelexfacilities mightbefurther examined asasupplement to existing Interpol channels ofcommunication whichwereshortly tobe strengthened intheareaconcerned. 58.Inthecontext ofthisdiscussion andofearlier reports bymany participants whichindicated thatPakistan wasamajorsourceofopiates and sometimes ofotherdrugsseizedfromthetraffic, themeeting expressed the hopethatlheGovernment ofPakistan wouldbeabletoberepresented inan observer capacity attheTwelfth HONLEAHeeting inviewoftheclearlinks existing inthetraffic between Pakistan andanl~berofHONLEAMember states. TheDivision wasaskedtobringthissincere wishoftheEleventh HONLEAMeeling totheattention oftheGovernment ofPakistan through appropriate channels.E/CN.l/1985/9 page15 (e)Measures forimproving th~application ofco-ordinated countermeasures atinter-regional level 59.Inthecontext ofthisitemoftheagenda, theChairman andparticipants askedtherepresentative oftheDivision toprovide anassessment ofthe currentsituation regarding thetraffic incocaine andlhelikelythreatto partsoftheHONLEAregion. Hestressed, ashadtheobserver fromInterpol, thatinthisasinmanyotherfields,statistics werefrequently approximate andincomplete. Nevertheless, recentreports fromtheGovernments concerned andfromotherreliable official sources indicated thatthetotalareasunder illegal cocabushcultivation inBolivia, Bratil, Colombia andPeru mig~tnow beashighas170,000 hectares, andillicit CUltivation conlinued toexpand insomepartsoftheSouthAmerican region. Despite unprecedented total cocaine seizures intheAmericas andEurope, availability wasincreasing and wholesale andretailpricesweredropping. Itseemedveryprobable lhat cocainetraffickers wouldtrytoexpandtheirmarkets tootherregions including partsofAsiaandthePacific. Thetotalamountofcocaine in various formsavailable fortheillicit marketwasvariously estimated at between 200and500tons,thelatterbeinganestimation recently received by theDivision fromtheGovernment ofChile. Traffickers wouldprobably aimat markets intherichercountries andatthosewherestimulants abusewasknown toexist. 60.Anumberofspeakers, inthiscontext, referred tothegrowingthreatof transittraffic through theislandStatesofthePacific. Themeeting noted aninformal enquiry fromtheGovernment ofVanualu concerning thepossibility ofaninvitation toparticipate inHONLEAand,onthemotionofthe representatives ofAustralia, HongKongandNewZealand, decided torecommend totheCommission onNarcotic Drugsatitsthirly-first session thatVanuata beauthorized toparticipate inHONLEA. 61.Theobserver fromthecustoms Co-operation Council (CCC)outlined the manyinitiatives takenbyCCCsinceitwasfounded in1953toassistMember statestoprotect themselves andtoaideachotheragainstillicit drug traffic. Aseriesofrecommendations hadaddressed mulualadministrative
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a report from a meeting of national drug law enforcement agencies, discussing measures to combat drug trafficking and drug abuse in the region. It mentions international cooperation, training, and rehabilitation programs, as well as the growing threat of cocaine trafficking. The text also touches on the topic of improving communications and information sharing among countries. Given the focus on drug trafficking, drug abuse, and international cooperation, it is likely that the text is related to a specific aspect of international relations.

**Category**
Health, International relations