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Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
OAS Secretary General Calls on CICAD to “Set Policies” to Fight Illegal Drugs
December 8, 2010
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today called on the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to set “comprehensive policies” that member state governments could apply in a comprehensive way in combating illicit drugs.
“I am calling on this Commission to also act as a lead agency, because this is where new ideas must come from if we are to improve what we have been doing for many years—which, despite our best efforts, has not been producing all the results we would wish. This is where strategic proposals must be crafted for our Organization and our governments as a whole,” the Secretary General declared to the 48th Regular Session of CICAD.
Insulza urged CICAD to go beyond its work so far. “That work gives CICAD a certain moral authority to discuss the major problems of drug-trafficking. But we must also view the OAS as multilateral and based on consensus among member states in terms of how to better tackle the general issue,” the head of the hemispheric organization stated.
“We are not just a group of experts devoted to specific activities, we are the premier organization of the Americas in the area of drug-trafficking,” and should develop “more comprehensive perspectives on the major issues of drug-trafficking and crime,” he added.
Secretary General Insulza recalled that combating drug-trafficking was “a crucial issue for security in the region,” especially now that increased “violence and organized crime” have made it the “lynchpin of a much broader criminal activity that extends to other areas of society.”
In that regard, he acknowledged “the important effort many member countries have made in using all available resources to fight it, even if they are often misunderstood and receive much less aid than they are promised.” He added, “If we take an objective look at the work being done by our countries, it has increased substantially.”
The OAS Secretary General lauded CICAD’s work in other areas such as developing a Plan of Action for the New Hemispheric Drug Strategy and the Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM), which he praised for being “multilateral,” as opposed to unilateral evaluation mechanisms that in the past “created friction among countries.”
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
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