The Drug War: Colombia is Undertaking Antidrug Programs, But Impact is Uncertain : Report to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Government Operations, House of RepresentativesThe Office, 1993 - 54 pages |
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Page 18 - I hereby determine and certify that the following major drug producing and/or major drug transit countries/dependent territories have cooperated fully with the United States, or taken adequate steps on their own, to achieve full compliance with the goals and objectives of the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances...
Page 31 - To this end, the study is sponsored jointly by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (OASD/SO/LIC) and the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (DOS/R).
Page 12 - Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in Washington, DC.
Page 1 - The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., Chairman The Honorable William F. Clinger, Jr. Ranking Minority Member Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives The Honorable John Glenn, Chairman The Honorable William V.
Page 14 - Prisons, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the United States Marshals Service, shall designate a Component Seismic Safety Coordinator for his/her respective component.
Page 21 - ... it is difficult to isolate the full impact and effectiveness of a single program. Second, the clandestine nature of drug production, trafficking, and use limits the quality and quantity of data that can be collected to measure program success. Third, the data that are collected — for example, the data used to prepare estimates of drug availability and consumption — are generally not designed to measure program effectiveness.
Page 14 - January 27, 1989, letter, and at subsequent meetings with their staffs, the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Government Operations...
Page 6 - However, we did find two instances where personnel who had allegedly committed human rights abuses came from units that received US aid.
Page 21 - Drug Interdiction; Funding Continues to Increase but Program Effectiveness Is Unknown (GAO/GGD-91-10. Dec. 11. 1990). Defense are developing criteria for measuring effectiveness, they have not decided which criteria to use. Human Rights Retain A Concern Although Colombia has a democratic government, the abuse of civilians...
Page 46 - Section 506(a)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (22 USC 2318(a)(2)), authorizes the President to approve the provision of US military goods and services to a foreign country for counternarcotics assistance when it is in the US national interest.