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04DUBLIN1755
2004-12-06 15:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dublin
Cable title:  

IRISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS

Tags:  KPAO SNAR EUN SXG 
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UNCLAS DUBLIN 001755

SIPDIS

SA/A, INL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO SNAR EUN SXG
SUBJECT: IRISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS
PLAN TO REMAIN THE SAME

REF: STATE 248010

On December 1, Emboff delivered reftel points to UN Desk
Officer for International Terrorism and Drugs at the DFA,
Eoin Duggan. Duggan said that Ireland and its EU partners
fully support the uncompromising stance of the Afghan
authorities on cultivation and trafficking in illicit drugs
and the counternarcotics implementation plan (reftel).
Duggan stated that the GOI is very concerned about the
cultivation of opium products in Afghanistan, especially
because almost all heroin consumed in Ireland comes from
Afghanistan. Duggan stated that Irish concern for
Afghanistan is also evident in the high number of Irish
officers deployed to ISAF (seven). Over the past three
years, the GOI contributed euro 500,000 per annum to the UN
Office of Drugs and Crimes (ODC). Of that amount, euro
300,000 went to counternarcotics projects in South Asia.
Duggan anticipates that GOI contributions will remain the
same and will continue to be channeled through multilateral
efforts.
KENNY