Vol. 410 No. 1
65 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the steps which have been taken to fulfil the decision of the EC Summit at Dublin in June 1990 that there be a conference under the auspices of the Pompidou Group on the problem of drugs and organised crime.
Following the decision of the meeting of the Heads of State, which was held in Dublin in June 1990 under the Irish Presidency of the EC, the first Pan-European Ministerial Conference on Co-operation on Illicit Drug Abuse problems was held, under the auspices of the Pompidou Group in Oslo from 9 to 11 May 1991.
The conference, which was attended by Ministers from western and eastern European countries, was provided with an overview of the drug situation in the changing Europe and discussed all aspects of the drug problem, in Europe, ranging from demand reduction to the supply and trafficking of illicit drugs.
The conference agreed on an extensive programme of action, under the following headings: assessment of the situation, information and epidemiology; reduction of the supply of drugs; action against trafficking; co-operation on criminal justice matters; prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug misusers; and further development of co-operation within the European region.
