UNODC in Europe, West and Central Asia
Afghanistan shares 5,813 km of borders with six neighbouring countries. As an arid, landlocked country, Afghanistan cannot develop without access to regional and international markets. Afghanistan's strategic and central location makes it the essential fulcrum for seeking closer cooperation and expanding trade throughout the region. The drug trade demonstrates in the negative the potential of the country to serve as a land bridge connecting its surrounding regions. Long-term sustainability within Afghanistan necessitates a constructive dialogue within the wider region.
Regional "Rainbow" Strategy
With the principles of the Kabul Declaration on Good-Neighbourly Relations (December 2002), the Berlin Declaration (April 2004), and the Doha Declaration on Border Management in Afghanistan (February 2006) serving as its overall framework, UNODC translated the outcomes and recommendations of the Paris Pact Expert Round Tables in an operational regional strategy, better known as the "Rainbow Strategy". An added principle was to break down the regional strategy in smaller components allowing local alliances to converge around shared interests. This facilitates a constructive engagement with prime regional actors.
Seven of these components, or "action plans" were identified, five of which were drawn up in 2007 and two are still in development. Four of these action plans are now available by clicking on the links below - the other three, including the Caspian Sea/Turkmen Border Initiative, "The Purple Paper" will be available early in 2008.
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An action plan to increase the number of opium poppy free provinces and improve governing records in Afghanistan
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An action plan to strengthen cross border counter narcotics cooperation amongst Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan | An action plan to secure Central Asia's borders through intelligence cooperation and border management | An action plan to reduce the smuggling of precursor chemicals into Afghanistan |
To view a copy of the Rainbow Strategy Brochure, click
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The Paris Pact Initiative
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The Paris Pact Initiative consists of three main components: (i) a two-pronged Consultative Mechanism that facilitates periodical consultations at the expert and policy levels between partners, in order to jointly discuss, identify and set in motion concrete measures to stem the increasing levels of opiates trafficked from Afghanistan; (ii) the Automated Donor Assistance Mechanism (ADAM -www.paris-pact.net), an internet-based tool which provides Paris Pact partners with essential information to coordinate technical assistance in countries along the main opium trafficking routes from Afghanistan and; (iii) further strengthening data collection and analytical capacity through a network of National Strategic Analysts based in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan and the Russian Federation. To view a copy of the Paris Pact Initiative brochure, click here Related Stories: 30/04/08 - Illicit Drug Trends of Afghan opiates 18/12/07 - "Rainbow Strategy" for Afghanistan 16/11/07 - Paris Pact: stopping the flow of opium from Afghanistan
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The Automated Donor Assistance Mechanism (ADAM) is an Internet-based tool for the coordination of technical assistance in the field of counter narcotics (i.e. supply and demand reduction). This tool has been developed by UNODC within the framework of the Paris Pact Initiative, a UNODC-led partnership of more than 50 countries and international organizations, which aims to counter traffic in and consumption of Afghan opiates. ADAM is designed to automatically provide partners with essential information in order to avoid the duplication of activities and projects, as well as coordinating donor assistance. Click here to go to ADAM
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