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It had also prevented 3,500 tonnes of various types of precursor chemicals from being exported illegally.

Only 26 per cent of respondents reported that the seizure of precursor chemicals was the result of cooperation with other States.

UNODC will also enhance capacity building in and cooperation between countries of the region with a view to effectively reducing or preventing diversion of precursor chemicals.

Representatives referred to the changes made to their national legislation in order to apply effective administrative controls over the production, sale and movement of internationally controlled precursor chemicals.

(j) Increased awareness, knowledge and skills related to licit drugs and precursor chemicals to enable regulatory agencies to better control and prevent their diversion into the illicit market

In contrast, in the missile and chemical areas, there are some precursor chemicals or missile components or types of equipment which are clearly only used for proscribed purposes.

In 2004 alone, China had dealt with 98,000 drug related crimes and seized 10.83 tonnes of heroin, 2.75 tonnes of methamphetamine, 3 million ecstasy tablets and 160 tonnes of precursor chemicals.

The effective implementation of prior import export notification systems had enabled competent national authorities to verify the legitimacy of transactions and to identify suspicious shipments, thus preventing diversion of precursor chemicals.

Noting that links are increasingly being uncovered between the smuggling of drugs and the smuggling of precursor chemicals, including the use of similar modi operandi to conceal consignments in order to avoid detection,

The international community has already provided Afghanistan with much support and there may be scope to introduce measures that control the export to the country of precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of heroin.

Only 26 per cent of respondents in the third reporting period (compared with 25 per cent in the second) reported that precursor chemicals had been seized as a result of cooperation with other States.

The capacity of Governments to undertake effective operations to counter the smuggling of precursor chemicals and combat the illicit manufacture of drugs will be supported, along with inter agency, cross border and regional cooperation.

For Central Asia and other neighbours of Afghanistan, border control measures to combat trafficking in heroin and precursor chemicals remain the main focus and action will also target related crime and terrorism problems in the region.

A workshop on precursor analysis was held as part of the regional project on precursor control in Central Asia.

Several representatives also reported on regional initiatives and bilateral agreements in the areas of law enforcement, capacity building and training, and monitoring of precursors and substitute precursor chemicals currently not under international control, as well as information exchange.

5. Invites Member States and appropriate international and regional bodies to review intelligence on the smuggling of drugs and the smuggling of precursor chemicals, in order to identify common links and to plan appropriate operations to stop such activities

Pakistan had played a leading role in sensitizing the international community to the drug problem in its region and had bolstered international efforts to stop the outflow of drugs and the inflow of precursor chemicals in that part of the world.

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Encourages Member States and the International Narcotics Control Board, in accordance with article 12, paragraph 2, of the 1988 Convention and taking account of the findings by the competent national authorities, to assess and, where necessary, address the use of substitute precursor chemicals by trafficking networks

Many countries have unidentified quantities of unwanted chemicals, chemicals that are poorly stored, chemicals that require repackaging and chemicals that await final disposal and destruction.

A number of representatives reported on precursor control efforts in their countries, indicating that the need to strengthen national legislation on precursor control had been identified and was being addressed.

Also encouraging Member States to facilitate the exchange of information between the relevant agencies in order to identify the sources of seized precursor chemicals and those responsible for the shipping and diversion of those substances and to identify the sources of pharmaceutical preparations misused for illicit drug manufacture,

Experience showed that undocumented stockpiles were frequently a precursor to illegal trade.

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It may also be a precursor to domestic violence, forced labour and sexual slavery.

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They have higher blood pressure, poorer cholesterol profiles and reduced glucose tolerance a precursor of diabetes.

They may also be applied for environmental purposes. Sometimes they are a precursor to import restraints.

Don Quijote is a mitigation precursor mission currently under study by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The regional precursor control project has concluded the required normative and monitoring work by creation of new laws and monitoring structures in the region and the remaining project funds were redirected in mid 2005 to support law enforcement action against precursor trafficking.

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