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STORY: UN / DRUGS AND CRIME
TRT: 2:04
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 24 FEBRUARY 2010, NEW YORK CITY/ FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior UN building
24 FEBRUARY 2010, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Cutaway, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General:
“With transnational threats, States have no choice but to work together. We are all affected- whether as countries of supply, trafficking or demand. Therefore we have a shared responsibility to act.”
5. Cutaway, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General:
“The UN Office on Drugs and Crime continues to carry out important work in providing the evidence on these transnational threats, and the technical assistance with which to respond.”
7. Cutaway, delegates
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime:
“The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), adopted in Palermo ten years ago, is a 21st century solution to a 21st century problem. Yet, I’m sorry to say, 1/3 of Member States, including some major countries, have not ratified it. Implementation is patchy. There is no review mechanism. And some of the TOC Protocols are neglected. But this Council can help.”
9. Cutaway, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime:
“We need deeds more than words. Last week in West Africa ECOWAS ministers told me, while on a mission for an entire week, that cocaine trafficking in the region declined in the past 18 months. This is a very good omen. In a sense, the Council’s efforts are being paid back. However, there are warning signs that traffickers are returning on the scene in disguise in other parts of West Africa because tough words have not fully been matched by equally robust actions. Let us learn from the lesson.”
11. Wide shot, Security Council
Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), addressed the Security Council today on transnational crime as a threat to international peace and security.
Costa said that while the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is a "21st century solution to a 21st century problem," implementation continues to be "patchy."
In calling on the Security Council to help with enforcing UNTOC, he said that "we need deeds more than words."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon emphasized the need for transnational collaboration against organized crime saying that Member States "have no choice but to work together."
The Secretary-General also highlighted the UNODC’s "important work" in providing evidence against transnational threats.
While continuing its fight against drugs, crime and terrorism in regions with weakened Governments, the UNODC is also promoting health, justice and security. Through its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), the UNODC is focused on combating drug addiction to reduce overall global demand for drugs.