NEWS - Myanmar, Thailand, Undcp to

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Subject: NEWS - Myanmar, Thailand, Undcp to Meet on Drug Control

Myanmar, Thailand, Undcp to Meet on Drug Control

               Xinhua
               06-AUG-99

               YANGON (Aug. 6) XINHUA - Myanmar, Thailand and the
               U.N. Drug Control Program (UNDCP) will hold a
               cross-border meeting on drug abuse control in Ranong, a
               border town of Thailand, on August 16-17, said a
               high-ranking Myanmar anti-drug official Friday. 

               Colonel Thein Swe, head of the Office of Strategic
Studies
               of the Myanmar Defense Ministry, told a press conference
               here that the meeting is aimed at promoting cooperation
               between Myanmar and Thailand in drug abuse control. 

               Myanmar and Thailand, involving the UNDCP, initiated an
               agreement in June 1992 on a joint project of integrated
rural
               development, law enforcement and drug demand reduction
               in Myanmar's Tachilek, Ahdec and Hsanlu areas, and it was
               successfully implemented in the three-year period from
1993
               to 1996. 

               In May this year, a delegation of the Thai Narcotics
Control
               Board visited Yangon and discussed with its Myanmar
               counterpart cooperation in the control of precursor used
in
               producing narcotic drugs and amphetamine stimulant
tablets.