The Lao Minister of Public Security said ASEAN needs to continue to enhance its central role in regional forums and cooperation mechanisms to address drug challenges and ensure ASEAN's common interests.
Overview of the opening ceremony of AMMD8 Conference.
On the morning of August 11, in the capital Vientiane, the opening ceremony of the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drugs (AMMD8) took place.
The Vietnamese delegation led by Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Public Security, attended the conference.
Attending the opening ceremony were General, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Public Security of Laos, Mr. Vilay Lakhamphong; ministers, heads of delegations from 10 ASEAN countries and Timor Leste; ASEAN Secretary General, Mr. Kao Kim Hourn; and senior officials on drug prevention of ASEAN.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference, Lao Minister of Public Security, Mr. Vilay Lakhamphong, said that drug crimes, associated with terrorism, transnational crimes, money laundering and armed crimes, are spreading to every corner of the world, increasing in danger and tending to increase every year, becoming a threat to socio-economic development, as well as political stability and security of the ASEAN community and countries around the world.
According to Mr. Vilay, ASEAN needs to continue to enhance its central role in regional forums and cooperation mechanisms to effectively address drug challenges and ensure ASEAN's common interests to address the drug problem in a synchronous and comprehensive manner...
During the conference, delegates are expected to hear updates on the situation in ASEAN from the ASEAN Secretariat; hear statements on the situation of drug prevention and control from heads of delegations from each country in the bloc; hear the Report on the results of the 44th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Drugs (ASOD) and related conferences, and the AMMD8 Preparatory Conference.
The Vietnamese delegation led by Lieutenant General Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Public Security, attended the AMMD8 Conference.
The conference will adopt the ASEAN Joint Declaration, which is expected to be presented at the High-level Session of the 67th Conference of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND67); consider and adopt the Statement of the Chairman of the AMMD8 Conference.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the number of drug users continues to increase and remains high worldwide, from 240 million in 2011 to 296 million in 2023 (equivalent to 5.8% of the global population aged 15-64).
Crime and drug abuse are serious challenges to the rule of law and sustainable development of each country, continuing to pose a danger to the community and seriously affecting the health of people around the world, threatening the security, politics, economy and society of the ASEAN community./.
According to vietnamplus.vn
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