NEWS CONFERENCE ON INTER-AMERICAN
ANTI-DRUG EVALUATION
The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control
Commission (CICAD), which is meeting to adopt its first evaluations of progress in
anti-drug efforts in the Americas, will end its week-long special session on Friday,
December 15. The closing session will be open to the media and will be followed by a news
conference.
The CICAD reports were developed using the
Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), a new tool that uses 61 indicators to measure all
aspects of the drug problem. Under the MEM, all 34 active member countries of the
Organization of American States (OAS) participate in the evaluation process and all are
evaluated.
Activities for Friday, December 15:
Closing session of CICAD
1 p.m., Hall of the Americas
News conference
2 p.m., San Martín Room
Location:
Organization of American States
17th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C.
Simultaneous interpretation (English/Spanish) will be
available.
For further information, please contact Janelle Conaway
(202-458-6841).
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