EU Council Adopts Common Position on North-South Cooperation against Drugs

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Saturday, March 1, 1997
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
13
Issue: 
3
98-100
Abstract: 
On November 22, 1996, the European Union Council adopted a common position on north-south cooperation to fight drug trafficking and addiction. Because of the broad scope of the position, the amount of money budgeted for development assistance (ECU 30 million during the period 1998 to 2000), and the new venture by the EU into development assistance to combat drugs, the common position has great importance ... [more]