DATE=5/4/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-230686
TITLE=OAS / DRUG ABUSE (L ONLY)
BYLINE=WILLIAM KAUFMANN
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: DRUG CONTROL EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE AMERICAS IS THE FOCUS
OF A TWO DAY SESSION AT THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
(MONDAY AND TUESDAY) IN WASHINGTON. AS VOA'S WILLIAM KAUFMANN
REPORTS THE INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION IS
WORKING TO ENHANCE COOPERATION IN THE WAR ON DRUGS.
TEXT: THE RECENT SECOND SUMMIT OF THE AMERICA'S IN SANTIAGO,
CHILE ASKED THE COMMISSION -- KNOWN BY ITS SPANISH ACRONYM CICAD
-- TO CREATE AN OBJECTIVE, MULTI-LATERAL PROCEDURE TO MEASURE
PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS.
O-A-S SECRETARY GENERAL CESAR GAVIRIA SAYS CICAD HAS BECOME THE
MOST DYNAMIC AGENT WITHIN THE O-A-S BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL WILL
EXPRESSED AT THE SANTIAGO SUMMIT FOR A UNIQUE MULTI-LATERAL
APPROACH.
/// GAVIRIA ACT ///
IT REFLECTS THE POLITICAL WILL TODAY IN ALL OF THE
NATIONS OF THE AMERICAS TO STRUGGLE TIRELESSLY AND WITH
EVERY MEANS IN THEIR POSSESSION AGAINST THE PHENOMENON
OF DRUGS, WHICH DEGRADES OUR SOCIETIES AND INVOLVES US
IN VIOLENCE, CRIME AND CORRUPTION.
/// END ACT ///
THE DIRECTOR OF U-S DRUG CONTROL POLICY, BARRY MCCAFFREY, SAYS
THE CHALLENGE FOR THE COMMISSION, AT ITS CURRENT MEETING, IS HOW
TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MOMENTUM ESTABLISHED BY THE HEADS OF STATE
IN SANTIAGO.
/// FIRST MCCAFFRRY ACT ///
WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER A PROCESS, HOW CAN WE ORGANIZE
TO ACCOMPLISH OUR ASSIGNED TASKS, AND THEN FINALLY I
WOULD ARGUE WE NEED TO SET MILESTONES, WE NEED TO DEFINE
OUR OUTPUT FUNCTIONS AND THE DATES FOR DELIVERY.
/// END ACT ///
GENERAL MCCAFFREY SAYS THE COMMISSION SHOULD WORK ON EASY THINGS
FIRST -- SUCH AS SHARING EVIDENCE AND INTELLIGENCE -- TO HELP
BUILD CONFIDENCE. HE SAYS THE PARTNERSHIP MUST ALSO BE FLEXIBLE
ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE DIFFERENT NATIONS TO PROCEED AT THEIR OWN
PACE.
//// SECOND MCCAFFREY ACT //
WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, DIFFERENT
CULTURES, DIFFERENT LEGAL SYSTEMS AND THAT EACH OF THESE
WILL CALL FOR A UNIQUE NATIONAL STRATEGY. WHAT WE LOOK
TO DO IS BUILD COMBINED MULTINATIONAL LINKAGES.
// END ACT ///
GENERAL MCAFFREY SAYS MECHANISMS MUST BE PUT IN PLACE TO EVALUATE
WHAT WORKS SO THAT SUCCESS CAN BE REINFORCED AND THAT CICAD
SHOULD SET ASIDE THE IDEA OF SANCTIONS IN FAVOR OF PARTNERSHIP
AND COOPERATION.
HE SAYS PERU, BOLIVIA AND MEXICO ALL SCORED IMPORTANT RECENT
SUCCESSES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS, NOT BECAUSE OF OUTSIDE
PRESSURE, BUT BECAUSE IT IS IN THEIR SELF-INTEREST. (SIGNED)
NEB/WJK/KL
04-May-98 3:55 PM EDT (1955 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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