Poppy Power

This is a field of poppies in Afghanistan.

Poppy cultivators who willingly submitted poppy seed to the authorities were given support for alternative cash crops under the New Destiny Project launched in April 2002.

Thanks to its Anti Narcotics Force, Pakistan was a poppy free country.

The Special Rapporteur welcomes the steady and remarkable reduction in opium poppy cultivation.

Eighty to 90 percent of the world's poppy, opium and heroin, comes out of Afghanistan.

Some speakers expressed concern about the increased level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

Some speakers expressed concern about the increased level of opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan.

Urges all the Governments of countries where opium poppy has not been cultivated for the licit production of opiate raw materials, in the spirit of collective responsibility, to refrain from engaging in the commercial cultivation of opium poppy, in order to avoid the proliferation of supply sites

It was emphasized that the sustainability of such eradication efforts should be ensured and that particular efforts were needed to alleviate the poverty of former opium poppy growers, in particular during the transitional period, after they had given up opium poppy cultivation.

There remains a need to secure a sustained decrease in opium poppy cultivation, production and trafficking into 2006 and beyond.

We are pleased to have been able to achieve a 21 per cent reduction in opium poppy cultivation in the current year.

Putting pressure on the poppy farmers in Afghanistan alone will not solve the problem.

We also endorse the efforts made by the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to end poppy cultivation, to build relevant judicial and police capacity and to provide sustainable alternative livelihoods for those engaged in poppy cultivation.

In East Asia and the Pacific, the main achievement was the steady reduction of opium poppy cultivation in the Golden Triangle, a historic achievement that, if sustained, will make a significant contribution to ending opium production in the area.

The eradication of poppy fields should be seen in this larger context.

In terms of cultivation eradication, around 5,100 hectares, or 5 per cent of the total crop, have been eradicated.

According to the UNODC World Drug Report, opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar had declined by 73 per cent between 1996 and 2004, while the United States Government reported that poppy cultivation in Myanmar had declined by 34 per cent in 2003 2004 alone.

The latter met with resistance from poppy growers in some areas, resulting in casualties on both sides.

Over eight years, cultivation had dropped by 88 per cent, from 2,560 tons to an estimated 292 tons.

Considerably more assistance needs to reach farmers directly as a disincentive for poppy cultivation.

We have also communicated our agreement to take up a pilot project on community development to wean farmers away from poppy cultivation.

Reviews should be conducted on a yearly basis, and a follow up system should be put in place by countries that were producers of coca bush and opium poppies.

We call for continued international assistance to Afghanistan in its efforts to combat cultivation of opium and trafficking of drugs.

These will contribute to sustaining the remarkable decreases in opium poppy cultivation in the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime had reported that 75 per cent of the opium consumed in Western Europe came from poppy crops in Afghanistan.

Such programmes or plans covered cannabis in 32 States, opium poppy in 19 and coca bush in 7.

As for the issue of drugs, we welcome the counter narcotics measures recently taken by Kabul, which helped to reduce opium cultivation this year.

Several speakers referred to the sustained reduction of the illicit cultivation of coca bush and opium poppy in the Andean subregion and in South East Asia.

Reference was made to the annual surveys conducted by UNODC of opium poppy and coca bush cultivation.

Several speakers referred to the sustained reduction of the illicit cultivation of coca bush and opium poppy in the Andean subregion and in South East Asia.

In South Asia, East Asia and the Pacific, sustainable livelihood projects and programmes will continue to be developed and implemented in the opium poppy growing areas.

The study found that both raw material production systems (opium and opium straw) had inherent potential for diversion and abuse.

It was noted with concern that the report of the Office entitled Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 showed that the cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan had increased to an unprecedented level and stressed that threats to the security and stability of that country, neighbouring regions and the entire world had emanated from the increased illicit cultivation of opium poppy and production of and trafficking in illicit drugs.

(b) Increasing the awareness of the Afghan population about the problems and threats emanating from the illicit cultivation of opium poppy and the production of and trafficking in illicit narcotic drugs

(b) Increasing the awareness of the Afghan population about the problems and threats emanating from the illicit cultivation of opium poppy and the production of and trafficking in illicit narcotic drugs

The Afghan Government, in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has taken important steps this year in reducing opium poppy cultivation.

Recognizing the strong and continuing commitment made by the Transitional Administration of Afghanistan at the institutional, legal and administrative levels to eliminate opium poppy cultivation by 2013,

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Coca surveys in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru opium poppy surveys in Afghanistan, the Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar and a cannabis survey in Morocco.

Since the first reporting period, the States affected by illicit cultivation of coca bush and opium poppy have adopted national plans to reduce and eventually eliminate such cultivation.

Noting with concern the report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime entitled Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 , which emphasizes that the cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan has increased to an unprecedented level, and stresses the threats to the security and stability of that country, neighbouring regions and the entire world that have emanated from the increased illicit cultivation of opium poppy and production of and trafficking in illicit drugs,

Noting with concern the report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime entitled Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 , emphasizing that the cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan has increased to an unprecedented level and stressing the threats to the security and stability of that country, neighbouring regions and the entire world that have emanated from the increased illicit cultivation of opium poppy and production of and trafficking in illicit drugs,

Noting with concern the report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime entitled Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 , emphasizing that the cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan has increased to an unprecedented level, and stressing the threats to the security and stability of that country, neighbouring regions and the entire world that have emanated from the increased illicit cultivation of opium poppy and production of and trafficking in illicit drugs,

Noting with concern the report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime entitled Afghanistan Opium Survey 2004 , which emphasizes that the cultivation of opium poppy in Afghanistan has increased to an unprecedented level, and stresses the threats to the security and stability of that country, neighbouring regions and the entire world that have emanated from the increased illicit cultivation of opium poppy and production of and trafficking in illicit drugs,