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First-day session of 24th Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies of Asia and the Pacific Region (HONLEA) begins |
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After the opening ceremony, the first-day session of the 24th
Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies of the Asia-Pacific
Region (HONLEA) was held at the Hotel Equatorial in Yangon on 14 November, 2000.
It was attended by officials of INTERPOL and UNDCP, delegates
from ASEAN, leaders of the delegations from Australia, Azerbaijan, People’s
Republic of China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special
Administrati ve Region, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore,Sri Lanka,
Thailand and Vietnam.
Leader of Myanmar delegation Secretary of the Central
Committee for Drug Abuse Control Director-General of Myanmar Police Force Police
Maj-Gen Soe Win was elected as Meeting Chairman while Leader of Japanese
delegation Mr. Yasunori Orita and Leader of delegation of the Philippines Hon
Ramon J Liwag were elected as Meeting Vice-Chairmen by those present.
Meeting Chairman Director-General Police Maj-Gen Soe Win made
the opening speech.
Adoption of the agenda, current situation on regional and
sub-regional cooperation, implementation by State of the region of
recommendation adopted by the Twenty-second Meeting of Heads of National Drug
Law Enforcement Agencies of Asia and the Pacific region and smuggling of
narcotic drugs from the West Asia owing to the reduction of production of heroin
in the region were discussed at the meeting.
The first-day session concluded in the afternoon.
In the evening, Chairman of CCDAC Minister for Home Affairs
Col. Tin Hlaing hosted dinner to leaders and delegation members who were
attending the meeting, at Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel.
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