ASEAN drugs conference in Bali

ASEAN drugs conference in Bali

JAKARTA: Indonesia will host the Association of South East
Asia Nations (ASEAN) drugs conference next week to discuss common
operational measures that the 10 member countries can implement
to help curb drug trafficking in the region.

The three-day conference will start on Monday in Denpasar,
Bali, with participants comprising ASEAN countries, donor
countries China and Japan, and representatives of the United
Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP).

"The meeting will discuss four issues, including advocacy and
preventive action for drug abusers, reduction in the demand for
drugs, law enforcement and alternative development for people
involved in the drug trade," National Coordination Board for
Narcotics chairman Comr. Gen. Da'i Bachtiar said on Tuesday.

He said that ASEAN countries had vowed to make the region free
from drugs by the year 2015 and this was the first meeting to
develop operational measures for tackling the problems. --JP