To a large extent, the better the implementation of the financial measures, the greater the involvement in other international action against illicit financial flows.

DRUG TRAFFICKING, ILLEGAL FINANCIAL FLOWS AND ILLEGAL

Financial flows to developing countries were increasing, their costs were low by historical standards, and non debt creating flows, notably foreign direct investment (FDI), were assuming greater importance.

Of course, nutrition, education, health, and the environment are important features of the next development agenda.

With respect to the stockpiling of conventional weapons, transparency is the key to controlling illicit flows of weapons and to expand cooperation in this field.

Non bank sources have accounted for virtually all the recent growth in financial flows to developing countries.

Financial flows for development have severely contracted.

The role that increased external financial flows, in particular non debt creating flows, could play in helping to prevent and overcome debt difficulties was noted.

Taken together, illicit financial flows currently amount to nearly ten times the total sum of international aid. Imagine how much good that money could do if it were channeled toward welfare enhancing projects.

The report also described the intersection between the legal and illegal markets and potential options for disrupting the illicit market.

There was the view that, in capital markets, long term flows should be liberalized before short term ones.

Divergence in regional private financial flows continued in 2004 and has resulted in changes in regional distribution of these flows.

financial flows for development.

If such a measure is universalized, it will contribute greatly to our legal arsenal in the fight to eradicate the illicit flow of small arms and light weapons.

Illicit synthetic drugs

Illicit synthetic drugs

Illegal migration

Virtually all the growth in financial flows to developing countries in recent years has come from these non bank private sources.

(iii) A substantial increase in financial flows to the countries of the region

Responsibility of international organizations

Illicit synthetic drugs

Extermination of illicit crops

UNODC supports States in establishing the institutional machinery necessary to fight illegal financial flows.

Taking account of the limited financial flows to Central Africa related to the implementation of the UNCCD,

While the proportion of this trade that is illegal is difficult to determine, it is estimated that the financial cost of the illicit global wildlife trade runs into several billion dollars and that its environmental costs are immeasurable.

Secondly, if we are to cut off the sneaky routes of illicit arms transfers and stop the illicit flow of arms to conflict zones, we must achieve full compliance with all relevant Security Council resolutions on sanctions.

Is it right that financial flows from the South to the North should be greater than those from the North to the South, as is the case today? This is a bitter reality, which requires of us profound changes.

The countries and international agencies concerned should also undertake joint efforts to tighten control on international financial flows and to reduce financial risk.

Reduction of illicit drug demand

C. Investigation of illegal groups

Baghdad Declaration on the combating of unlawful acts

INVESTIGATION OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS

Thus, it represents a novel approach for enhancing financial flows through a global environmental agreement.

Recognizing that efforts to eradicate illicit crops and thereby reduce the production of illicit drugs require the implementation of alternative development programmes within the framework of national policies and international strategies against illicit drugs,

Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts

Responsibility of a State for its internationally wrongful acts

J. Illicit trade in hazardous waste

The illegal drug economy is also a great challenge.

Strengthening the prevention and suppression of illicit drug trafficking

He surveyed funding flows outside the Convention, noting the increasing role of the private sector in mobilizing funding.

Their persistent growth and stability distinguish these flows from other private financial flows.

The improvement in net private flows reflects an increasing incidence of credit rating upgrades of emerging market sovereign debt issuers, resulting in a new high in average credit quality and an increasing percentage of emerging market sovereign bonds with an investment grade rating.

These flows have, however, shunned many developing countries, mainly in Africa, which therefore remain critically dependent on official flows.

9. Projects will be developed on industrial utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants in areas that are in close proximity to illicit crop growing areas to diminish the spread of illicit cultivation and halt the migration of people to illicit crop growing areas.

One country s inflow of EU money is thus another country s outflow and these are grants, not loans.