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Copies of this publication and information about this publication may be obtained from: UN ODC Regional Office for Central Asia 30 A, Abdulla Kahhor St., 700100 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tel.: (+ 998 71) 120 80 50 Fax (+998 71) 120 62 90 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.odccp.org/uzbekistan CONFERENCE REPORT Prepared by UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Office for Central Asia, Tashkent with the assistance of Laura Rio UN Interagency Cooperation Adviser December 2002 The UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) was renamed the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UN ODC) as of October 1, 2002. As this conference was held in June 2002, the name ODCCP is used throughout the body of this report. Disclaimer The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect the views of ODCCP, WHO/EURO, the Government of Austria, USAID and OSCE. In the translation of the proceedings of the conference outmost care has been taken not to deviate from the original text as much as possible. This however has proved at times a difficult task. ODCCP is not responsible for any misinterpretation/error that may have arisen from the translation and wishes to refer interested readers to the original language of the presentations and speeches (as indicated in the foot note). TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ...............................................................................................................6 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 8 1.1. Background .................................................................................................................... 8 1.2. Conference objectives ..................................................................................................... 9 1.3. Methodology and conference outline .............................................................................. 9 1.4. Participation ................................................................................................................ 10 1.5. Sponsorship ................................................................................................................. 10 2. Towards a comprehensive assessment of drug abuse in Central Asia ....................................... 11 2.1. Main findings of the regional drug abuse rapid assessment studies ................................. 11 2.2. Main findings of the regional drug abuse need assessment studies ................................. 12 3. Response to drug abuse.................................................................................................... 13 3.1. National and local responses ........................................................................................ 13 3.2. International responses and interagency cooperation ..................................................... 14 3.3. Highlights of international assistance ............................................................................ 14 United Nations Organization for Drug Control Crime Prevention ............................. 14 World Health Organization ....................................................................................... 15 USAID/Central Asian Region ................................................................................... 15 Organization for Security Central Europe .................................................................. 15 The Open Society Institute ....................................................................................... 15 UNAIDS .................................................................................................................. 15 United Nations International Children Economic Fund ............................................ 16 Centre for Diseases Control ...................................................................................... 16 European Commission .............................................................................................. 16 International Labour Organization............................................................................. 16 4. A framework for a co-ordinated response ........................................................................... 17 4.1. Rationale and guiding principles for a national and regional response ................. 17 4.2. Thematic priorities and approaches ..................................................................... 18 5. Recommendations and next steps ...................................................................................... 20 6. Closing remarks ..............................................................................................................21 3 CONFERENCE REPORT Conference procedings ......................................................................................................... 23 Welcoming address to the participants of the regional conference by H.E. the President of Uzbekistan .................................................................................................. 24 Part 1. Opening Ceremony................................................................................................... 25 Welcoming statement by Mr. Abdulaziz Kamilov, Minister of Foreign Affairs ..................... 25 Welcoming statement by Ms. Antonella Deledda, UN ODCCP Regional Representative for Central Asia............................................................................................ 26 Part 2. Opening ceremony: statements by the cosponsors ......................................................... 28 Opening statement by Ms. Heidemaria Guerer, Austrian Ambassador, the Government of Austria.................................................................................................. 28 Opening statement by Mr. John Herbst, US Ambassador in Uzbekistan, the Government of USA..................................................................................................... 30 Opening statement by Mr. Arun Nanda, Head of Office, WHO/EURO, Tashkent, Uzbekistan .......................................................................................................... 31 Opening statement by Mr. Gantcho Gantchev, Ambassador in Uzbekistan, OSCE ............. 32 Part 3. A regional overview: presentations by delegations of Central Asian States on drug control policies and drug demand reduction programmes ...................................... 33 Presentation by Mr. Bulat Baybulov, Head of delegation, Kazakhstan.................................. 33 Presentation by Mr. Kurmanbek Kubatbekov, Head of delegation,Kyrgyzstan ..................... 35 Presentation by Mr. Rustam Nazarov, Head of delegation, Tajikistan .................................. 38 Presentation by Mr. Damin Asadov, Head of delegation, Deputy Minister of Health, Uzbekistan ............................................................................... 40 Part 4. Presentation of ODCCP drug abuse situation and needs assessment results ..................... 42 Presentation on Drug abuse prevalence, patterns and trends in Central Asia, by Dr. Kamran Niaz, UNDCP/GAP Regional Epidemiological Advisor ............................. 42 Presentation on the Needs Assessment exercise on drug demand reduction in Central Asia: study by Mr. Franz Kumpl, ODCCP Project International Consultant ..................................................................................................... 47 Part 5. Enhancing interagency cooperation in demand reduction ............................................... 51 Presentation by Mr. Chris van Der Burgh, Officer-in-Charge of Drug Demand Reduction section, ODCCP .................................................................................. 51 Presentation by Mr. Almaz Imanbaev, Medical Officer for Alcohol and Drugs, WHO/EURO ...................................................................................... 54 Presentation by Ms. Jennifer Adams, Director, Office of Health, Population and Nutrition, USAID/CAR ............................................................................. 56 Presentation by Mr. Simon Strachan, Senior Project Officer, UNICEF .............................. 58 Presentation by Mr. Michael Favorov, Programme Director for Central Asia, CDC ........................................................................................................ 59 Presentation by Mr. Alexander Kossukhin, National Programme Officer, UNAIDS ............................................................................................................... 61 Presentation by Ms. Valeria Gurevich, Director of the Joint Project “HIV Prevention in Central Asia”, USAID/OSI ................................................................. 63 Presentation by Ms. Ekaterina Ivanova, Focal point on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work, ILO ............................................................................ 65 Presentation by Mr. Soren Klem, Project Manager, European Commission ........................ 67 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 6. Key priority demand reduction activities at regional and national level ........................... 69 Recommendations of the parallel country workshops for key priorities at country level ................................................................................................................... 69 Kazakhstan ...................................................................................................................