ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ACTS ON TEXTS RECOMMENDED BY SUBSIDIARY BODIES ON STATUS OF WOMEN, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CRIME PREVENTION, NARCOTIC DRUGS

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Substantive Session                                   

46^th & 47^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ACTS ON TEXTS RECOMMENDED BY SUBSIDIARY BODIES

ON STATUS OF WOMEN, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CRIME PREVENTION, NARCOTIC DRUGS

CORRECTION

A speaker was inadvertently omitted in Press Release ECOSOC/6134 issued 21 July.

In the summary lead, the tenth full paragraph should read:  The report of the International Narcotics Control Board was introduced by its President.

On page 6, beneath the sub-head Statements, the following should be included:

HAMID GHODSE, President of the International Narcotics Control Board, introducing the Board’s annual report, stressed the importance of using all available means to prevent the diversion of chemicals from legitimate trade to illicit drug manufacture.  The Board had recommended adoption of a draft resolution in that regard and had launched three international operations to enhance controls over chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of cocaine, heroin and amphetamine-type stimulants.

Noting that Afghanistan accounted for three quarters of the world’s illicit opium supply, he said last year the Transitional Authority of that country had adopted a national drug-control strategy that addressed key areas, such as institution building, judicial reform, alternative livelihoods and demand reduction.  The Board called on the international community to support and assist Afghanistan in its anti-drug efforts.

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