The Fourth Session of the AU (African Union) Conference of Ministers for Drug Control and Crime Prevention opened on Friday 1 October 2010 at the head quarters of the African Union Commission (AUC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme “Turning the tide of drugs and crime in Africa – from policy to action”.
During the meeting, Ministers from AU member states reached consensus regarding the strengthening of continental early warning systems, through the inclusion of epidemiological networks and threat assessments that will embrace data on illicit trafficking and epidemiological trends and adopt key action areas for the strengthening of criminal justice systems in Member States, law enforcement cooperation, as well as for drug dependence treatment in order to turn the tide of drugs and crime in Africa.
The Ministerial meeting that started on 1 October was preceded by an experts’ meeting, which was held from 28-30 September.
Further reading:
Report of the ministers’ meeting (en )
Report of the experts’ meeting (en / fr /ar /po)
AU plan of action on drug control and crime prevention (2007-2012) and its mechanism for implementation, follow-up and evaluation (en / fr/ po /ar)
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