Traduction de «Pavot à opium » (Français → Anglais) :

104. Notes successful attempts in Pakistan, Laos and Thailand to phase out the cultivation of opium through its replacement by alternative crops; notes, too, the emergence in Afghanistan of promising new crops, such as saffron, that can deliver a much higher income than opium poppies;

E. whereas the EU should do more to bring about a drastic reduction in opium production (by participating in the Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund and the Good Performance Fund) since – according to the UNODC's Afghanistan 2007 Annual Opium Poppy Survey – Afghanistan's opium production has now reached a frightening new level, twice the amount produced just two years ago; whereas Afghanistan has practically become the exclusive supplier of the world's deadliest drug, with 93% of the global opiates market, although it has to be noted that the number of opium-free provinces has more than doubled, from 6 in 2006 to 13 in 2007 due to successful ...[+++]schemes supporting alternative livelihoods and also expanded security in the north, as well as an effective awareness-raising programme including a system of rewards for good performers, and that 50% of the whole Afghan opium crop comes from the single province of Helmand,

G. whereas Article 22 of the 1961 UN Convention states that 'whenever prevailing conditions in the country or a territory of a Party render the prohibition of the cultivation of opium poppy [...] the most suitable measures, in its opinion, for protecting the public health and welfare and preventing the diversion of drugs into the illicit traffic, the Party concerned shall prohibit cultivation' and whereas the prevailing conditions in Afghanistan cannot ensure the imposition of an effective system of control of poppy cultivation throug ...[+++]h prohibition,

E. whereas the EU should do more to bring about a drastic reduction in opium production (by participating in the Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund and the Good Performance Fund) since – according to the UNODC's Afghanistan 2007 Annual Opium Poppy Survey – Afghanistan's opium production has now reached a frightening new level, twice the amount produced just two years ago; whereas Afghanistan has practically become the exclusive supplier of the world's deadliest drug, with 93% of the global opiates market, although it has to be noted that the number of opium-free provinces has more than doubled, from 6 in 2006 to 13 in 2007 due to successful ...[+++]schemes supporting alternative livelihoods and also expanded security in the north, as well as an effective awareness-raising programme including a system of rewards for good performers, and that 50% of the whole Afghan opium crop comes from the single province of Helmand,

In light of the increase in opium production in Afghanistan what concrete measures does the Council foresee to reduce the dependency of Afghan farmers on opium cultivation?

the cultivation of opium poppy, coca bush or cannabis plant;