Transcript ANNEX G-Japan (Agenda 2)

ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar on Narcotics Control
20 Sep 2007, Xian, People’s Republic of China
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CONTENTS
１． New Five-Year Drug Abuse Prevention Strategy
２． Promoting International Cooperation on Drug Problem
３． Examples of Projects for International Cooperation by
Japan
（１）The Eradication of Opium Poppy Cultivation and Poverty
Reduction Project in Kokang Special Region, Myanmar
（２） Regional Cooperation Project on Capacity Building of Drug
Analysis for Improvement of Drug Law Enforcement in Thailand and its
neighboring countries
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１．New Five-Year Drug Abuse Prevention Strategy (29 July 2003)
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１．New Five-Year Drug Abuse Prevention
Strategy (29 July 2003)
●Basic Objective
Implementing comprehensive measures for ending the third period of
stimulant drug abuse in Japan as soon as possible and to make a
positive contribution to solving the global problem of drug abuse
◆Objective 1. Eradicating drug abuse by young people
◆Objective 2. Eliminating illicit drug trafficking organizations and
exercising thorough control over end-users
◆Objective 3. Interdicting drug smuggling at the border and
promote international cooperation
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◆Objective 4. Preventing relapse into drug abuse by supporting
treatment and rehabilitation into society of drug dependents, and
enriching support for their families
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◆Objective 3. Interdicting drug smuggling at the
border and promoting international cooperation
１．Strengthening information gathering on drug smuggling
２．Tightening controls over drug smuggling
３．Strengthening measures for drug smuggling through sea
routes
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◆Objective 3. Interdicting drug smuggling at the border and
promoting international cooperation
４．Preventing the international supply of drugs
－Cooperation with Asia and other countries for drug prevention
Holding International Meetings
□ The Twelfth Asia-Pacific Operational Drug Enforcement
Conference (Tokyo 2007 Jan.)
－Organized by the Japan National Police Agency, 25 countries, 2
regions and 2 organizations:111 Participants
－Theme: Fight against illicit drug trafficking in the Asia-Pacific region
－Exchange of views on International cooperation for investigation, etc
□ Seminar on Control of Drug Offences Ⅲ （Tokyo、2006 Sep－Oct）
－13 countries: 17 participants
－Improving capacity building for drug interdiction agency in Asian
countries and others
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◆Objective 3. Interdicting drug smuggling at the border and
promoting international cooperation
４．Preventing the international supply of drugs
－Strengthening cooperation with International and other
organizations
－Promoting bilateral cooperation by ODA (Official Development
Assistance)
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２．Promoting International Cooperation on
Drug Problem
－Japan’s ODA Charter
Identifies global issues including drugs as one of the
important challenges
－Human Security
Efforts focusing on individual persons in order to
protect individuals who are exposed to actual or
potential threats to their existence, lives and a
respectful way of life and to empower rich individual
capabilities
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３．Examples of Projects for International
Cooperation by Japan
(1) The eradication of opium poppy cultivation
and－目的：コーカン特別区の貧困層の生活を改善し、同地区がケシ栽培撲
poverty reduction project in Kokang
滅後の地域開発モデルとして提示されること。
special region, Myanmar
－Activities
1) Establishing a series of systems from alternative
development to distribution
2) Improving farming and diffusion
3) Guidance for the improvement of life style
4) Upgrading the basic health situation
5) Upgrading the basic situation of education
6) Mitigating the present critical condition
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A JICA expert uses illustrations to explain
how the distributed seeds should be
grown (Photo by JICA)
JICA expert Minoru Yoshida, right,
explains soba-cultivation techniques
(Photo by JICA)
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３．（２）Regional Cooperation Project on
Capacity Building of Drug Analysis for
Improvement of Drug Law Enforcement in
Thailand and its neighboring countries
－Strengthening anti-drug measures in the Golden Triangle area,
the world largest illicit drug cultivation area
－Phase 1：2002－2005
－Phase 2：2006.Sep－
1) Enhancing technical cooperation focusing on capacity building of
drug analysis for improvement in Thailand and its neighboring countries
(Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam)
2) Long term dispatchment of experts in the field of drug control analysis
to the Office of Narcotic Control Bureau
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“Countries in the region should develop and
improve a comprehensive and balanced
strategy for drug control and double their
efforts in education on drug prevention, law
enforcement, demand reduction, harm
reduction and alternative development.”
Thank you for your kind
attention.
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