Today, in Bishkek, a Regional Conference under Pillar 1 of KADAP-6 Programme “Current State of Play in the Field of Drug Policy in Five Central Asian Countries: Challenges and Possible Solutions”, has started.
This event along with CARICC was attended by representatives of the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Central Asia Drug Action Programme (CADAP-6), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Central Asia, and other concerned competent authorities.
Participants of the Conference were delivered presentations of CADAP-6 Programme (“National Counter-Narcotics Strategy”, Pillar 1). These presentation included reports on the current state of play in the field of drug policy in five Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The participants were familiarized with the tools to develop global drug policy, methods for reducing addiction and improve law enforcement knowledge about HIV, as well as the reform in the penitentiary system in Central Asian countries.
Representatives of CARICC briefed the Conference’s participants on the role of the Centre in coordinating the efforts to reduce the supply and demand for drugs, the basics of organization and implementation of a Regional Operation “REFLEX” to tackle new types of psychoactive substances, and measures to improve the drug situation analysis in CARICC member states.

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