Azerbaijan supports UN resolution to combat drug trafficking

Azerbaijan has supported the draft resolution the UN General Assembly discussed and adopted at the initiative of Uzbekistan.

The concept of the resolution proposed by the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during his speech at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly in September 2021 on "The readiness of the countries of Central Asia to act as a united front and cooperate to effectively resolve and eliminate drug-related problems” was brought up for discussion in the Assembly, Report informs.

In her remarks, Narmin Ahangari, the first secretary of the permanent mission of Azerbaijan to the UN, noted that Azerbaijan welcomes the determination of the Central Asian countries to respond to the challenges related to drug addiction and to create a drug-free society, as well as to contribute to the effective solution of the drug problem in the world and the fight against it.

The draft resolution was jointly supported and adopted by more than 30 member countries, including Azerbaijan, Algeria, Armenia, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Indonesia, Jordan, Morocco, the UAE, Oman, Pakistan.