Bissau asked to sustain drug combat  
_afrol News_ (http://www.afrol.com/) , 26 June - The UN Security Council has 
urged the government of  Guinea-Bissau to double efforts "to strengthen its 
international and regional  cooperation to sustain the fight against narcotics 
trade and organised crime."  
The Council, whose message was contained in a statement  released on 
Thursday, applauded the West African country's leadership for its  efforts to 
prosecute drug traffickers. However, the statement read by the  rotating President of 
the UN body, Ambassador Alejandro Wolf of the United  States, expressed 
concern over "the acute threat posed by drug trafficking and  organized crime to the 
peace consolidation process."

Earlier in the week,  the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a report, 
warning the Bissau  government of the "dangers illicit drug trade" caused to 
a country's struggle to  attain "political and economic progress." 

The 15-member body was earlier  briefed by Shola Omoregie, the 
Secretary-General's Representative for  Guinea-Bissau, and UN Office on Drugs and Crime 
Executive Director Antonio Maria  Costa, on the latest developments in 
Guinea-Bissau. 

In recent months,  Guinea-Bissau has become a fertile ground for drug 
traffickers. A number of  investigative journalists had fled for their life after 
linking top officials of  the government and security to cocaine trade, thus 
opening floodgates of  regional and international condemnations. This has forced 
the government to  implement an anti-narcotics operation plan, something that 
the Security Council  members endorsed, and called on the international 
community to support the  program. 

Similarly, the Council praised Cape Verde Island's readiness to  organise a 
regional conference on drug trafficking and organised crime in the  archipelago.

The Council welcomed Guinea-Bissau's preparedness to hold  legislative 
elections on 16 November, commended the international partners for  their pledges in 
support of the polls and urged the international community to  continue to 
provide technical, material and financial resources in order to fill  the 
current gaps and ensure effective and timely elections. 
By staff writer 
© afrol News
 
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