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STORY: AFGHANISTAN / DRUGS
TRT: 1.23
SOURCE: UNAMA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10 DECEMBER 2012, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
10 DECEMBER 2012, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
1. Wide shot, people arriving at the event
2. Wide shot, stage
3. Tilt down, Stop Corruption poster
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Haroon Rashid Sherzad, Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister for Counter-Narcotics:
“We are facing the same problem in every country. Once there was a time when we were thinking that producing countries would not face the drug addiction problem. But now one million drug addicts in Afghanistan, millions, almost ten million at the regional level, and also in transit countries, they are facing the same problem.”
5. Various shots, celebrities signing mural
6. Wide shot, celebrities posing for photographers
7. Wide shot, signed poster
8. Wide shot, Goodwill Ambassador in Afghanistan
9. Wide shot, Jean Luc Lemahieu, UNODC Representative for Afghanistan and singer Farhad Darya embrace
A three-day regional consultation among celebrities, artists and sports personalities from Afghanistan and her neighbours to seek a “societal solution” to illicit drugs wrapped up in the capital Kabul today (12 December).
The meeting opened Monday (10 December) with the appointment of award winning Afghan singer Farhad Darya as a Goodwill Ambassador in Afghanistan for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister for Counter-Narcotics, Haroon Rashid Sherzad, told the audience the media have an important role to play to counter the drug problem.
He said “once there was a time when we were thinking that producing countries would not face the drug addiction problem” but noted that there are now one million drug addicts in Afghanistan and almost ten million at the regional level.
A UNODC survey report released last month said despite a 36 per cent drop in opium production in Afghanistan this year, the country saw an 18 per cent rise in the area where the illicit crops were cultivated. The survey confirmed the link between insecurity and opium cultivation observed since 2007.
The Kabul ceremony also saw the UNODC auctioning a graffiti piece of Shamsia Hassani, Afghanistan’s first graffiti artist, as a part of a charity effort aimed to support an NGO called NEJAT which is involved in social development, drug rehabilitation and medical services.
Farhad Darya will be serving as a national UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the next two years. A singer, composer and peace and human rights activist, he is a founder of a new wave of music in Afghanistan and a trendsetter who introduced Afghan music to an international audience.
