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CODE: OAS/DR/1/2
COMMITTEE: Organization of American States
SPONSORS: Peru, Belize, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Venezuela
SIGNATORIES: St. Lucia, Bolivia, The Bahamas, Canada

Combating Drug Related Organized Crime Through Organization

The Organization of American States,

Acknowledging the progress of the Work Program of the Technical Group on Transnational Organized Crime and its efforts to collaborate and voice opinions about organized crime,

Profoundly concerned about the rising rates of crime throughout the Caribbean due to its ideal geographical location as a transit point for drug trafficking,

Noting that the issues surrounding organized crime and specifically drug trafficking affect all countries of the OAS,

Recognizing the efforts of international documents on the topic of organized crime such as United Nations Convention Against Organized Crime that outlines repercussions for organized crime on an international level and defines terms concerning organized crime,

Appreciating the efforts made by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) to reduce the amount of drug-related crime within the Organization of American States,

Emphasizing the proposed “Planning Conference on Combating Drug Related Organized Crime” that would help states individually organize their efforts to reduce drug related organized crime within their own country by prioritizing actions depending on whether countries are primarily producer, consumer or transit states,

Encourages states to take into consideration the differentiation in the dynamics of
human, weapon and drug trafficking issues may not be uniform within illicit narcotics producer states, consumer states and transit states and this should be considered in any discussion,

1. Requests that the Organization of American States recognize differences in drug-trafficking and related problems depending on location and activities within the state by shifting priorities for combating drug problems according to states primary function in trafficking by the status of the nations defined as:
a. Producer states: states in which illicit substances are agriculturally produced;
b. Consumer states: states in which there is a demand for the illicit substances that are produced within producer states;
c. Transit states: states in which illicit trafficked items are held and moved from a producer state to a consumer state;

2. Suggests that a set of priorities be created for each state depending upon whether the country is defined as either a producer, consumer or transit state in order to increase the effectiveness such as:
a. Increased border control for minimizing the trafficking of illicit substances;
b. Education and awareness of illicit substances;
c. Training for border control officers as well as other policing within nations;
d. Alternative development in order to shift economic dependency of illegal substances;
e. Strengthening policing within nations;

3. Calls upon the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States to come together for the purpose of a “Planning Conference on Combating Drug Related Organized Crime” to discuss how individual countries should prioritize different efforts to reduce drug trafficking issues, this conference would focus on the above stated differences in state dynamics (producer, consumer and transit states) as well as geographical position and come up with priorities depending on state’s individual needs, and would attempt to reevaluate the effectiveness of states current efforts to prevent drug trafficking, production and consumption, this conference will serve as an opportunity for countries to improve their individual efforts against drug related organized crime problems, this conference should occur as soon as possible within the next year according to what most appropriately fits into CICAD’s schedule;

4. Suggests that member nations take into consideration their status as producer, consumer or transit states when considering border control in order to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of current border control using the current funding of more developed nations to the OAS and any border control programs within individual nations;

5. Proposes that member states adopt a policy of partnership between border states, or in the Caribbean Islands, those states that there is the largest amount of interaction based on the perspective of those countries, for coordinated endeavors that follow each state’s sovereignty on trafficking issues such as:
a. Military endeavors;
b. Information sharing;
c. Border control;

6. Encourages all countries of the OAS to become party to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.