Narcotic Production & Trafficking in Afghanistan

Salam fellow delegates!
My name is Chiara and I am the delegate of Afghanistan. This year's topic is of extreme importance. As the International Community is already aware, over the last few years the country of Afghanistan has been in serious crises due to both the harsh rule of the Taliban and the hard production of opium poppy in addition to its illicit traficking. It is a fact that the cultivations have enourmously decreased in the year of 2008 but it is still of major concern to the Afghans. The delagate calls upon all nations to vote in favor of this resolution which calls upon International Organizations and multilateral talks in order to extinguish opium poppy production, traficking as well as other narcotics from Afghanistan once in for all. Last but not least, the delegate also call upon the nations' vote, in favor of Afghanistan's Security Council Resolution which requests the end of terrorism. إله يبارك أنت
LeTs RoCk ThiS PaRtY PeoPleS of tHe WorLd !!!

Dear Afghan Delegate,

Pakistan is fully aware of Afghanistan's concern on the illegal poppy opium production and trafficking which has been funding countless terrorist groups and believes that traders’ associations with terrorist groups should be reduced immediately by providing a wider range of alternatives of other economic resources to be exported, therefore allowing the profits to be used for the rights of the people and social reform rather than on war!Pakistan recognizes that this is an extremely urgent matter and further recommends the implementation of ROZs (Reconstruction Opportunity Zones) to better assist and monitor illegal drug trafficking by allowing both Pakistan ad Afghanistan to have a wider range of legal products to be exported. We wish to assist you in this matter.

Come on people of peace, we gotta fight the terror!

Hello fellow delegate of Afghanistan,

Here's an article from UN News Center about opium poppies in your country, which I hope can provide you some information on this issue

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=28726&Cr=afghan&Cr1=

Peace in Asia!

My apologies for the delegate of Afghanistan to not have stated previously my position on her issue.

Well, India is supporting Afgahnistan's resolution, since it is an accurate way to reduce the Taliban terrorist network in the region. India is greatly affected by external terrorism, as proven by the Kashmir issue, which is a direct consequence of Al Quaeda's presence in Pakistan and an example of cross border terrorism.

Further more, India is the largest producer of licit opium (used in medecines) for pharmaceutical trade; maybe the delegate of Afghanistan should consider to reconvert the illegal opium production into a pharmaceutical trade? Could you see it as a way for your country to get rid of the remaining reserves of opium? Or does the delegate rather consider it an ineffective way of solving the issue?

Anyway, the delegate of india wants to make it clear that he considers Afghanistan's resolution an effective measure to get rid of terrorism once and for all, but giving Afghan people a chance to rebuild economically their country!

Salam Delegates !
Thank you for the support Pakistan and India. Afghanistan is looking forward to see more cooperation within the caucus. If all nations work together, the issue will be more easily solved. In response to the delegate of India, Afghanistan apreciates the proposal of converting the illigal opium production into a pharmaceutical trade. However this measure would not be strong enough to be applied in Aghanistan's present situation. Recall that the UN Drug Control Program estimates around 90% of world's heroin production is of Afghan origin and that afghanistan's itslef has about of 90% of its cultivable soil covered with opium poppy. Therefore delegate, the solution India proposes is surely applicable, but only when Afghanistan's situation gets under control. إله يبارك أنت