Counter narcotics activities

For counter narcotics enforcement

D. Counter narcotics activities

37. Encourages the international community to increasingly channel counter narcotics funding through the Government of Afghanistan's counter narcotics trust fund

48. Encourages the international community to increasingly channel counter narcotics funding through the Government of Afghanistan's Counter Narcotics Trust Fund

Counter insurgency and counter narcotics are two sides of the same coin.

(a) Building counter narcotics institutions and provincial structures

The following month, the Counter Narcotics Directorate (originally established under the National Security Council) was elevated to a full ministry, the Ministry of Counter Narcotics.

Welcoming the establishment by the Government of Afghanistan of a counter narcotics police force in support of its counter narcotics campaign, in the context of strengthening the law enforcement regime,

The capacity of the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan was also further developed.

The Counter Narcotics Directorate of Afghanistan was strengthened and successful policy and advocacy services resulted in the President upgrading the Directorate into a full fledged Ministry of Counter Narcotics in December 2004.

We therefore encourage the international community to work more closely with the Government of Afghanistan and Afghanistan's neighbours, including through the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund, in support of the Afghan counter narcotics strategy.

On 16 February, the Government of Afghanistan and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the lead nation on counter narcotics activities, launched the 2005 counter narcotics implementation plan in Kabul.

International counter narcotics policy is currently driven by pressure for rapid and visible results.

(d) Interdiction and elimination of heroin manufacturing laboratories through the national counter narcotics police force

The aim is to provide a two to three year plan for counter narcotics measures.

Its members are eager to assist the Afghan government to counter regional narcotics trafficking and terrorism.

Commends the Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan of Afghanistan, which comprises an eight point strategy that includes

The new Cabinet is addressing the legal and judiciary requirements to support counter narcotics interdiction operations.

The Andean Community had adopted a Programme of Action and established counter narcotics projects and priorities.

Calls upon the international community to provide the necessary support to the counter narcotics objectives of the Government of Afghanistan, by continued technical assistance and financial commitment, in particular, to all eight pillars of the Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan

2. Commends the Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan of Afghanistan, which comprises an eight point strategy that includes

Providing support to Afghanistan with a view to ensuring effective implementation of its Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan

Encouraging the Government of Afghanistan to intensify its efforts to achieve an effective legislative counter narcotics framework,

3. Calls upon the international community to provide the necessary support to the counter narcotics objectives of the Government of Afghanistan, by continued technical assistance and financial commitment, in particular, to all eight pillars of the Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan

To coordinate efforts for the interdiction of narcotics and precursor chemical flows, a counter narcotics working group, comprising officials of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the coalition forces, has been established.

60 179. Providing support to Afghanistan with a view to ensuring effective implementation of its Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan

The Counter Narcotics Trust Fund was established in June 2005 to channel contributions for the implementation of this programme.

During the reporting period there were a number of successful interdiction operations by the Afghan Special Narcotics Force (ASNF) and the National Interdiction Unit (part of the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan).

No State had the right to judge the counter narcotics efforts of other States or to impose unilateral coercive measures.

The Ministry of Counter Narcotics moved into its new building, allowing for much needed expansion of its staffing and capacity levels.

For its part, Afghanistan remains committed to exerting all efforts within its capacity to counter the production and trafficking of narcotics.

The Afghan Interior Ministry, the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the British Embassy have announced significant progress in counter narcotic operations with a number of successful interdiction operations against drug traffickers.

(c) Provision of alternative livelihoods and creation of the national development budget and the counter narcotics trust fund to provide financial support

In Europe, the biennium 2006 2007 requires a consolidation of ongoing projects in the areas of demand reduction and counter narcotics enforcement.

Narcotics.

But depending upon the success of counter terrorism and anti narcotics efforts in Afghanistan, they should, over time, cease to have much influence.

Pakistan is also providing training to Afghan officials in several fields, including diplomacy, the judiciary, the police, counter narcotics, agriculture, customs and banking.

This thematic sector comprises activities related to counter narcotics enforcement and programmes to combat organized crime, trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.

D. Narcotics

Narcotics squad.

These include the provision of assistance in the training of the Afghan counter narcotics police force, intelligence sharing and cooperation between border police units.

In response to the need to address the production of opium in Afghanistan, we have recently contributed 500,000 to the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund.

As for the issue of drugs, we welcome the counter narcotics measures recently taken by Kabul, which helped to reduce opium cultivation this year.

In that regard, my delegation endorses and supports the 2005 counter narcotics implementation plan as the basis for making progress towards a drug free Afghanistan.