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At thematic debate, UN officials urge ‘cohesive, balanced’ approach to fighting world drug problem


The international community must seize the opportunity to hold open, comprehensive and in-depth discussions on the world drug problem at next year’s General Assembly special session devoted to the issue, a senior United Nations official said [Thursday] amid appeals for a clampdown on transnational drug trafficking networks and their criminal offshoots.

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“From West Africa to Central Asia, we see how international drug trafficking jeopardizes peacebuilding efforts and bolsters terrorist groups,” Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson declared in remarks delivered at this morning’s High-Level Thematic Debate in support of the 2016 special session of the General Assembly on the issue.

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“At the international level, the ever stronger links between transnational organized crime, terrorism and extremist violence constitute a very serious new threat,” he added.

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