§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations in the United Nations, towards strengthening the enforcement of the drive against international traffic in cocaine and opium-based drugs; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. EggarThe primary objective of the United Nations commission on narcotic drugs and the United Nations fund for drug abuse control to which we have pledged £2.5 million this year is to strengthen international control on the production, trafficking and abuse of all illicit drugs, including cocaine and opium based drugs. We play an active and constructive role in the work of these bodies and have, at this year's United Nations General Assembly, co-sponsored resolutions which call for the drawing up of a third United Nations convention, to deal with all aspects of international drug trafficking, and the convening of a world conference on drugs in 1987. We will continue to encourage and support increased and concerted co-operation worldwide in efforts to control drug abuse and trafficking.