DRUGS AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME:

UNCLAS STATE 016781

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR
SUBJECT: DRUGS AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADOPTION OF UN PRST FEBRUARY 24, 2010


1. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security
Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on drugs and
transnational organized crime. USUN should refer any further
substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to
joining consensus for adoption. End action request.


2. Begin text:


1. The Security Council reaffirms its primary responsibility
for the maintenance of international peace and security, in
accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.


2. The Security Council notes with concern the serious
threats posed in some cases by drug trafficking and
transnational organized crime to international security in
different regions of the world. These transnational threats
are a source of growing concern.


3. The Security Council, in this context, further notes with
concern the increasing link, in some cases, between drug
trafficking and the financing of terrorism, including through
the use of proceeds derived from illicit cultivation,
production of and trafficking in narcotic drugs and their
precursors, as well as illegal arms trafficking.


4. The Security Council notes that these transnational crimes
may threaten the security of countries on its agenda,
including post-conflict states, and expresses its intention
to consider such threats, as appropriate.


5. The Security Council notes with concern that drug
trafficking and transnational organized crime contribute to
undermine the authority of states.


6. The Security Council notes that, in a globalized society,
organized crime groups and networks, better equipped with new
information and communication technologies, are becoming more
diversified and connected in their illicit operations, which
in some cases may aggravate threats to international
security. In this context, the Council expresses concern at
the increase in incidences of kidnapping and hostage-taking,
in some areas of the world with a specific political context,
with the aim of raising funds or gaining political
concessions. The development of cybercrime is another
particular source of concern.


7. The Security Council calls upon Member States to increase
international and regional cooperation, on the basis of a
common and shared responsibility, as well as their
cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
and the International Narcotic Control Board, in order to
counter the illicit production of, demand for and trafficking
in drugs, and to identify emerging trends in drug
trafficking. It welcomes relevant initiatives such as the
Paris Pact. The Council also encourages Member States to
undertake further action, as well as to consider, on the
basis of concrete proposals by UNODC and INCB, through the
United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, possible new
international initiatives aimed at strengthening the combat
against illicit trafficking in chemical precursors.


8. The Security Council encourages the coordination of United
Nations actions, including those of its agencies, funds and
programmes, in order to enhance the effectiveness of
appropriate international efforts.


9. The Security Council reaffirms and commends the important
work of UNODC in collaboration with other relevant entities
of the United Nations.


10. The Security Council encourages States to strengthen
international, regional and sub-regional cooperation to
counter drug trafficking, transnational organized crime,
terrorism and corruption and to investigate and prosecute, as
appropriate, persons and entities responsible for these
crimes consistent with international law. Through compliance
with their obligations under international law, including the
relevant resolutions of the Security Council, States can help
strengthen international peace and security. The Council
notes relevant international conventions such as the Single
Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972
Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971,
the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, the
United Nations Convention against Transnational organized
crime of 2000 and the Protocols thereto, the United Nations
Convention against Corruption of 2003 and the relevant
international conventions and protocols related to terrorism.


11. The Security Council expresses its concern about the
number of victims caused by acts of terrorism in various
regions of the world. The Council further reiterates that
acts, methods and practices of terrorism, as well as
knowingly financing, planning and inciting terrorist acts,
are contrary to the purposes and principles of the United
Nations. The Council calls upon States to continue to condemn
in the strongest terms all terrorist acts, irrespective of
their motivation, whenever and by whomsoever committed, as
well as the incitement of terrorism.


12. The Security Council invites the Secretary-General to
consider these threats as a factor in conflict prevention
strategies, conflict analysis, integrated missions,
assessment and planning and to consider including in his
reports, as appropriate, analysis on the role played by these
threats in situations on its agenda.


13. The Security Council welcomes further briefings, as
necessary, on a more regular basis, by the Executive Director
of UNODC.
CLINTON