61. The proposal, called the Multinational Counternarcotics Center, is one of several efforts to broaden the role of Latin American militaries in fighting drugs. 62. The three-day meeting on fighting drugs was one of the more useful United Nations conferences in decades. 63. The two Cabinet officers said their countries had agreed to cooperate more closely on trade, on fighting drugs and on improving border safety. 64. The United States has already imposed some sanctions against Burma, not only for its rights policies but also for its lack of cooperation in fighting drugs. 65. The two-volume report was designed to respond to congressional concerns that Mexico has not done enough to fight drugs. 66. They argued that attacking smoking was a significant step in fighting drugs. 67. They prefer instead a hemispheric-wide treaty on fighting drugs, an alternative that McCaffrey has also endorsed. 68. This is officially aimed, so far, at fighting drugs, rather than guerrillas. 69. This halted all U.S. aid to the Latin American country except funds to fight drug trafficking. 70. This would do far more to fight drugs and bring stability to Colombia than would expanded military operations. |