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"Mr President, I will be happy to answer the honourable member’s new question, which concerns UNDCP funding. The UNDCP is not financed out of the European Union budget. The European Union supports the work of the UNDCP on a general level, which it does in a well established and effective way in the area of drugs control, and it is also very satisfied with the cooperation that has taken place with the UNDCP in other areas.
As the honourable member stated, operations in Afghanistan are hampered by the lack of any broadly based government and, thus, a suitable and reliable partner in cooperation. The European Union is working with Afghanistan’s neighbours, mainly in Central Asia as well as Iran, to enhance anti-drugs cooperation conducted with them. The Union considers Central Asia to be strategically important in the control of drugs and is at present drafting an action plan for the region.
One cause of the critical drug situation is the lack of any proper border control between Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Khirgizia, Uzbekistan and Russia. The European Union is attempting to resolve the problem by promoting the TACIS projects implemented within the context of customs cooperation and of justice and home affairs. The projects aim, among other things, to make border controls more efficient between Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, improve the training of customs officials, and increase drugs-related expertise in Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Khirgizia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Russia.
Regarding Iran, the European Union has been informed that the UNDCP has just approved a drugs control programme for that country, and opened an office there. Member States are at present exploring ways in which they can participate in financing this programme."@en1
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