HONLEA to assist in combating illicit drug production
The Meeting will be held at Agra from November 22-25.
It will be inaugurated by the Finance Secretary R S Gujral on November 22. About 100 participants from member countries of Asia Pacific Region, member or associate members of Economic and Social Commission of Asia and Pacific (ESCAP), UN members and the governmental organisations will be attending this event.
The event is being hosted by Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) Gwalior on behalf of Government of India in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The meeting of HONLEA takes place annually in a country of the region, from among states which are members of the HONLEA Asia and Pacific, to enhance cooperation in drug law enforcement activities at the regional level.
The meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA), Asia and Pacific Region is a prestigious event which is to be held in India. This is the second HONLEA meeting which is being hosted by India. The previous meeting was held in 1983 at the national capital.
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in the year 1974 established the HONLEA as subsidiary bodies of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to further cooperation in drug law enforcement activities at the regional level.
The regions covered include Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and the Pacific and Africa. The meetings usually take place annually to identify salient policy and enforcement issues in their regions, establish working groups to analyse the issues, and then bring their reports and recommendations to the attention of the Commission. (UNI -Posted on / )
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