60. The pilot country programme of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) for Afghanistan has developed steadily but slowly.

In Afghanistan, legal assistance activities are aimed at supporting Afghan authorities in implementing the new drug control law and strengthening the drug control machinery.

Several representatives indicated that their Governments welcomed the UNDCP initiative to launch a four year, comprehensive drug control programme for Afghanistan, which remained the major source of illicit opiates in south west Asia.

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They also recognized that the support of the international community was essential for the implementation of a robust development strategy that could benefit all Afghans and help rid the country of narcotic drugs for the full implementation of the Afghan Constitution and for the promotion of the human rights of the men and women of Afghanistan.

(Afghanistan) conducting tuberculosis treatment building health centers providing medicine and ambulance.

As a complement to the investment in alternative development within Afghanistan, substantially more resources will be allocated to the suppression of illicit drug trafficking in the countries surrounding Afghanistan in order to sever drug trafficking links emanating from that country.

Objective to substantially reduce illicit opium cultivation in Afghanistan and to address the problems of drug abuse.

Increases in programming represent the high priority given to alternative development in Afghanistan and to controlling drug trafficking in the surrounding countries.

Significant stocks of ammunition have also been collected and are being stored either for reutilization by the Afghan National Army or for eventual destruction.

In 1996, UNDCP developed a four year drug control programme to provide assistance to Afghanistan.

15. Calls upon the international community to enhance financial and technical support for Afghanistan in order to enable the Government to implement successfully its national drug control strategy

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Noting that the overall drug control situation in Afghanistan had seriously deteriorated over the past year, the President called on the Government of Afghanistan to fulfil its obligations under the international drug control treaties and ensure that its people were protected from the scourge of illicit drugs.

68. As foreseen in the Strategic Framework for Afghanistan, UNDCP will finalize a practical and workable policy on drug control as well as a set of standards and benchmarks against which to measure progress and compliance in the area of drug control.

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In order to address those issues, the Government of Afghanistan has prepared the Afghan National Development Strategy.

The United Nations sees one Afghanistan, which is progressing and developing.

II. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN

We welcome the work being done by the Afghan authorities to prepare the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the Afghanistan Compact document.

62. The Programme apos s monitoring and evaluation module, which is central to development of a knowledge base on narcotics in Afghanistan, became fully operational in 1998.

Despite the uninterrupted efforts of UNDCP apos s national staff still operating inside Afghanistan, this development will clearly affect the implementation of programme activities.

(c) Drug and medication supplies setting up a network of pharmacies, drug and medication warehouses and outlets, encouraging import and trade in drugs and sanitation materials, etc.

The achievements of the Mine Action Programme thus far in 1998 include clearance of 23 square kilometres of mined areas, clearance of 25 square kilometres of land contaminated by unexploded ordnance, a survey of 57.5 square kilometres of mine and unexploded ordnance contaminated land and provision of mine awareness training to almost 500,000 Afghans.

Weapons and ammunition found

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The final figures of collected weapons and ammunition are 28,314 weapons, 33,604 pieces of heavy munitions and 6,486,136 rounds of small arms ammunition.

The representative of Afghanistan made a statement in response to the presentation.

12. In connection with the transfer of UTO units from Afghanistan, the military subcommission of the Commission on National Reconciliation and UNMOT are to travel to Afghanistan and draw up a register of weapons and ammunition.

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17. Several interventions related to the situation in Afghanistan.

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ISAF is increasing its training and development activities in terms of support for ANA using a mentoring role to develop ANA headquarters.

The Permanent Representative of Afghanistan rightly called that the main challenge to stability and development in Afghanistan.

The Executive Director further indicated, during the meetings with the Committee, that three programme priorities are proposed for 1998 1999 the launch of a major alternative development programme in Afghanistan and the establishment of a security belt around Afghanistan, the expansion of activities in Myanmar to fight the production of illicit drugs, and the implementation of a new drug control strategy in Africa.

UNDCP intends to provide assistance in drug law enforcement once the basic elements of law enforcement come into existence and action against processing and trafficking of illicit drugs is taken by the Afghan authorities.

AIHRC consistently issues public reports and statements on the human rights situation in Afghanistan.

The observer for the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction made a statement.

The representatives of Argentina, Brazil and Benin made statements.

Medicines, clothing and seeds were distributed.

Strengthening of drug control measures in each central Asian State and their concerted action at the subregional level will also be an integral part of the common strategy to stem drug trafficking from Afghanistan.

The Border Roads Organization of India is engaged in building a road in Afghanistan that is vital to its development and the welfare of its people.

His Government had been unable to implement the plan it had drawn up to repatriate Afghan refugees to northern Afghanistan, because of recent developments in that country.

Afghanistan is one of the least developed countries of the world.

I now give the floor to the representative of Pakistan, Ambassador Khan, to make a statement.