Afghanistan remains the world's largest supplier of opium, producing 87 per cent of the world's opium.

Afghanistan s Opium War

Opium production has increased.

Opium is choking Afghan society.

Winning with Opium in Afghanistan

Moreover, while certain efforts by the Government of Afghanistan have resulted in the reduction of opium cultivation in some regions traditionally famous for opium production, opium cultivation has increased in the regions bordering my country, especially in the Farah province.

The study found that both raw material production systems (opium and opium straw) had inherent potential for diversion and abuse.

NATO troops should be given the green light to help the Afghan army fight opium destroy the heroin labs, disband the opium bazaars, attack the opium convoys, and bring the big traders to justice.

The country now produces about 90 of the world's opium.

Unfortunately, Afghanistan's share of opium production continues to remain high.

Second Opium War In China, France took part in the Second Opium War along with Britain, and in 1860 French troops entered Beijing.

With record production of an estimated 4,200 tons of opium in Afghanistan, UNODC's 2004 opium cultivation survey registered a 64 per cent increase in the area under cultivation in that country.

Armed convoys transport raw opium around the country unhindered.

That was two decades before the first Opium War.

The new Government of Afghanistan has been responding forcefully to the opium threat and, in December 2004, a loya jirga on countering narcotics was convened and reaffirmed the opium poppy ban.

A number of representatives reported on activities and significant achievements achieved as a result of international cooperation in the eradication of illicit opium poppy cultivation and in curbing illicit opium production in their countries.

The British, Americans and French fought several naval battles with war junks in the 19th century, during the First Opium War, Second Opium War and in between.

Improving security and the rule of law must include destroying the opium trade.

In the Netherlands it is a List 1 drug of the Opium Law.

Opium money is corrupting Afghan society from top to bottom.

But any solution in Afghanistan depends on eliminating its opium.

While hiding out in the caves of Yenan, Mao became a distributor of opium.

An increase in production of medical opium would address its lack of availability worldwide.

The opium fields of wealthy landowners are untouched, because local officials are paid off.

Some speakers expressed concern about the increased level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

Some speakers expressed concern about the increased level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

Australia remains concerned at the high levels and pervasiveness of opium production in Afghanistan.

Licensing the opium crop would be a realistic and pragmatic cornerstone of that strategy s success.

To this end, he calls on the Government to ensure that, in the interim, the basic needs of former opium farmers are met and sufficient resources allocated to those whose livelihoods depended upon opium generated income.

Taking note of the Constitution of Afghanistan, in article 7 of which the Government of Afghanistan expresses its strong resolve to fight against the illicit cultivation of opium poppy and the production of and trafficking in opium and other illicit narcotic drugs,

Taking note of the Constitution of Afghanistan, in article 7 of which the Government of Afghanistan expresses its strong resolve to fight against the illicit cultivation of opium poppy and the production of and trafficking in opium and other illicit narcotic drugs,

Taking note of the Constitution of Afghanistan, in article 7 of which the Government of Afghanistan expresses its strong resolve to fight against the illicit cultivation of opium poppy and the production of and trafficking in opium and other illicit narcotic drugs,

Taking note of the Constitution of Afghanistan, in article 7 of which the Government of Afghanistan expresses its strong resolve to fight against the illicit cultivation of opium poppy and the production of and trafficking in opium and other illicit narcotic drugs,

Senior government officials take their cut of opium revenues or bribes in return for keeping quiet.

After opium, fruits and nuts are the second most exported item from Afghanistan.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 (November 2004).

The Special Rapporteur welcomes the steady and remarkable reduction in opium poppy cultivation.

The main countries affected by illicit opium poppy and coca bush cultivation continued to make good progress towards the reduction and elimination of illicit crops. Excluding Afghanistan, the total area under illicit opium poppy cultivation worldwide in 2004 amounted to 32 per cent of the total area under such cultivation in 1994, while potential opium production in 2004 amounted to 29 per cent of that in 1994.

In East Asia and the Pacific, the main achievement was the steady reduction of opium poppy cultivation in the Golden Triangle, a historic achievement that, if sustained, will make a significant contribution to ending opium production in the area.

Taking note of Afghanistan Opium Survey 2003, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,

Reference was made to the annual surveys conducted by UNODC of opium poppy and coca bush cultivation.

It was emphasized that the sustainability of such eradication efforts should be ensured and that particular efforts were needed to alleviate the poverty of former opium poppy growers, in particular during the transitional period, after they had given up opium poppy cultivation.

Urges all the Governments of countries where opium poppy has not been cultivated for the licit production of opiate raw materials, in the spirit of collective responsibility, to refrain from engaging in the commercial cultivation of opium poppy, in order to avoid the proliferation of supply sites

Success will also require more funds for reconstruction, development, and alternatives to opium poppy cultivation.

We call for continued international assistance to Afghanistan in its efforts to combat cultivation of opium and trafficking of drugs.