Cooperation in Drugs and Narcotic Control
ASEAN Cooperation in Drugs and Narcotics
Control continued unabated during the year under
review with several activities conducted.
The Fifth ASEAN Narcotics Law Enforcement
Training Course was conducted from 5 - 16
November 1984 in Bangkok. Thirty mid-management
level narcotics law enforcement officers
attended the course.
The ASEAN Study on the Use of Preventive
Detention Law in Malaysia and Singapore Project
was implemented from 10 - 15 December 1984
aimed at providing the opportunity for the Study
Group from Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand to
study in-depth such legislation and procedures as
well as their implications and ramifications of
enacting such laws in their respective countries.
From 11 - 14 March 1985 the ASEAN
Workshop on Drug Law Enforcement was held in
Bangkok, The highlights of the Workshop were the
formulation of standard procedures to streamline
the exchange of information among member
countries.
The ASEAN Feasibility Study on the Use c)f
Compulsory Treatment and Rehabilitation System
in Singapore and Malaysia was conducted from 13.
22 May 1985. This was meant to expose the
participants from Indonesia, Philippines and
Thailand to the existing practices in Singapore and
Malaysia so that they could adopt the necessary
modifications when considering the system in their
respective countries.
At the Eighth ASEAN Drug Experts Meeting,
2 - 4 April 1984 in Jakarta, it was agreed that
ASEAN member countries hold the ASEAN Drug
Prevention Campaign Week in November 1985.
Furthermore, the Meeting proposed a project
entitled "ASEAN Drug Prevention Film for
Campaign 1986" which was eventually approved
by the Fifth ASEAN Standing Committee in May
1984 in Jakarta. Australia agreed to support fully
the implementation of this project with a
budgetary requirement of A$ 67,650.
For more information, please refer to project details