Arab League, UN ink deal to tackle illegal drugs

The Arab League and United Nations have signed as part of regional framework program for Arab countries 2023-2028, a deal to prevent and reduce the dangers of illegal drugs in Arab societies. The plan deal was signed on behalf of the League by its Secretary-General, Ahmed Abul-Gheit, and on behalf of the United Nations, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ghada Waly.

Abul-Gheit stressed in a speech on this occasion that confronting the drug threat requires a comprehensive plan in which the efforts of state institutions join forces with civil society initiatives. He added, “This confrontation cannot be achieved effectively without being based on a sound understanding of this complex social scourge and an in-depth study of the dimensions of this deviation in its various intersections with other scourges that may affect the social structure.”

The League’s chief pointed out that the spread of drugs is usually linked to certain gaps and urgent problems in the economic and social structure, and is the cause of exacerbating these problems and exacerbating them in an intractable way. He reaffirmed the full support of the League to enhance the efforts of member states aimed at implementing the program and the action plan, in a way that contributes effectively to continuing efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, curbing the phenomena of terrorism, organized crime and drugs, and protecting the security, stability and well-being of societies.