PAN
AMERICAN
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
WORLD
HEALTH
ORGANIZATION
34th DIRECTING COUNCIL
41st SESSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington D.C., 25-29 September 1989
RESOLUTION
CD34.14
THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ADDICTION, DRUG ABUSE, AND
DRUG TRAFFICKING
THE 34th DIRECTING COUNCIL,
Having seen the resolution of the Special Meeting of Ministers of Health of the Andean Area; Considering Resolution XVIII of the XXXIII Meeting of the Directing Council in which the Member Countries are urged to support and cooperate in their strong enforcement measures against drug traffickers and to formulate and develop programs to prevent and control narcotics consumption;
Considering, furthermore, recent events in Colombia related to this matter; and
Aware of the serious consequences that drug addiction has on the health of communities,
RESOLVES
1. To support in solidarity the people and Government of Colombia in their determined, brave struggle against drug trafficking.
3. To ask the Member Countries to support activities to combat, control, and confiscate, implementing all necessary measures in the fight against drug trafficking.
September 1989 OD 232, 120