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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-10-24"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Production of opium for medical purposes in Afghanistan (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071024.44.3-472"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-10-24-Speech-3-4732
lpv:speaker	lp:Horia-Victor Toma2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2007-04-24--2007-12-09)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2007-05-24--2007-12-09)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-05-23--2007-12-09)3 member; IMCO (2007-05-24--2007-12-09)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-05-22--2007-12-09)3 unknown; Partidul Naţional Liberal (2007-04-24--2007-12-09)3
lpv:translated text	"According to the 2007 Afghanistan opium survey, conducted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, opium production reached a record of 8,200 tons, representing 93% of the world production of opiates. Thus, 40% of the gross domestic product in Afghanistan resulted from production of and illegal trade in opium, involving 2.9 million people in this process. Despite this fact, only 10 countries consume 80% of the opium derivatives legally available in the world, while in over 150 countries serious treatment insufficiencies generated by the illegal trade in opium have been found. We should emphasize that the main source of finance of the Taliban and terrorist groups is illegal drug trafficking. Moreover, the actions to eradicate or destroy drugs, which are sponsored by the international community, are used by the tribal political and military leaders for their own benefit and for eliminating competition. Based on the things stated so far, I am convinced that a strategic and balanced approach of the process of reducing and controlling opium production should involve social and economic alternatives to favour the establishment of a rule of law and democratic institutions in Afghanistan. This is why such an action could represent one of the basic solutions for preventing and eradicating terrorism. Madam President, I consider that an anti-drug plan in Afghanistan, consisting in the control of opium quantities by using them to obtain analgesics and other derivatives, might represent one and not the only alternative economic solution and a means of reducing poppy cultivation."@en1

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