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Last Updated: Apr 28, 2017 - 9:54:36 AM |
Dr. Bridgette Rolle, Bahamas' Chair (second left), addresses delegates attending the Fifth Plenary Session of the 61st Regular Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) Wednesday morning, April 26, 2017 at the General Services Building of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, D.C., USA. Also pictured are Ambassador Adam Namm, CICAD Executive Secretary; Marya Hynes, Inter-American Observatory on Drugs (OID), ES/CICAD, who served as Moderator of the Fifth Plenary Session, and Jenny Fagua Duarte, EWS, Colombian Drug Observatory, Justice Ministry, Colombia, a Presenter. (BIS Photo/Matt Maura)
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The final day of the 61st Regular
Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) got
underway Wednesday morning in the U.S. capital with the Fifth Plenary Session.
The focus of the Fifth Plenary was on "Early Warning Systems (EWS):
Importance of Taking Action at a National Level." Presenters for the
Plenary were Diego Olivera, Secretary-General, National Drug Council, Uruguay
and Jenny Fagua Duarte, EWS, Colombian Drug Observatory, Justice Ministry,
Colombia. Marya Hynes, Inter-American
Observatory on Drugs (OIS), ES/CICAD, served as Moderator.
The objective of the Fifth Plenary Session was to examine existing models for
EWS and their importance as a tool for responding to emerging problems at a
national and local level.
Wednesday's Fifth Plenary also focused on "Strengthening Coordination and
Promoting Cooperation Among Supply Reduction Agencies in the
Hemisphere." Meetings took place at
the Organization of American States (OAS) General Services Building of the
General Secretariat.
Mr. Chet Neymour, Deputy Chief of Mission/Alternate Representative, Permanent Mission of The Bahamas, with (at right) Miss Krissy Hanna, Second Secretary/Vice-Consul/Alternate Representative-OAS, Embassy of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, and Carla Johnson, Executive Officer, National Anti-Drug Secretariat (NADS), Ministry of National Security, The Bahamas, just before entering the General Services Building of the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS), Washington, D.C., for the start of the sessions of the 61st Regular Session of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD). (BIS Photo/Matt Maura)
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Roger Bencze, International Affairs, Joint Inter-Agency task Force South,
United States of America, was the Presenter.
Sergeant David Ramsey, Supply Reduction Officer, National Anti-Drug
Secretariat (NADS), Ministry of National Security, The Bahamas, made the
Introduction.
The objective of this session was to discuss counter illicit trafficking
operations, information sharing and networking, including partner nation
initiatives to detect and defeat the flow of illicit drug trafficking in the
hemisphere.
A focus on Transforming National Drug Policies into Local Level Policies also
took place during Wednesday morning's Plenary Session. The objective was to
present institutional experiences, structures and programmes and discuss
lessons learnt in the decentralization and local management of drug policies.
Panelists included Roberto Moro, Secretary of State, SEDRONAR, Argentina; Diego
Olivera, General Secretary, National Drug Council, Uruguay and Patricio Bustos
Streeter, National Director, SENDA, Chile.
The 61st Regular Session of CICAD concluded with the Sixth Plenary Session that
included a Report of the Inter-Governmental Working Group (IWG) of the
Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism (MEM); Consideration of Draft resolution for
the 47th Regular Session of the OAS General Assembly; Remarks by OAS Permanent
Observers and by International, Regional and Civil Society Organizations
accredited by the Organization of American States (OAS) and Closing Remarks.
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