[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 878-879]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        WE ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS

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                        HON. BENJAMIN A. GILMAN

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 8, 2000

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, at today's important international drug 
summit conference sponsored by you, along with the United Nations Drug 
Control Program (UNDCP), I had the opportunity at the morning session 
to raise the issue of the world's contribution to the U.N. in our fight 
against the scourge of illicit drugs.
  Regrettably, when we examine the record of contributions to the 
UNDCP, we observe that less than 25 nations and the European Commission 
contribute less than $75 million annually to help fight an illicit 
narcotics trade estimated to produce $400 billion annually.
  The list of those helping this very modest UNDCP program, the glaring 
absence, for example, of any Middle East nation making contributions to 
help fight drugs, is noteworthy and disappointing.
  Attached for the Record is the latest data on the contributions by 
the producer, transit or user nations of the world to the UNDCP. Let us 
hope that as the world comes to realize the far greater societal cost 
that these illicit drugs impose upon all these nations, that future 
contributions will substantially increase to face the magnitude of the 
challenges of the Drug War.


                                    FUND OF UNDCP PLEDGES DURING THE PERIOD 1995-1999; STATUS AS OF 30 SEPTEMBER 1999
                                                                     [U.S. dollars]
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                                                                                                                                      Percentage change
                                                                       1995         1996         1997         1998       Estimate  ---------------------
                                                                                                                           1999      1998/97    1999/98
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United States....................................................    5,909,164    6,344,000    9,720,400    4,033,600   25,305,000        -59        527
Italy............................................................    8,731,310    9,746,887    6,881,720    8,499,089    9,000,000         24          6
United Kingdom...................................................   10,093,025    6,213,481    6,802,199   11,575,353    8,000,000         70        -31
Sweden...........................................................    4,302,686    4,213,816    4,716,382    5,233,471    4,700,000         11        -10
Japan............................................................    5,962,733    6,700,000    5,000,000    3,817,000    4,300,000        -24         13
European Commission..............................................    5,917,231    3,171,702    1,001,660    4,886,528    4,000,000        388        -18
Germany..........................................................    7,124,818    3,207,158    3,205,324    3,368,763    2,100,000          5        -38
Norway...........................................................    1,734,553    5,414,090      629,749    1,058,170    2,000,000         68         89
France...........................................................    1,725,563    1,467,710    1,352,810    1,404,796    1,600,000          4         14
Denmark..........................................................    2,343,465    2,248,364    1,661,732    1,677,114    1,300,000          1        -22
Australia........................................................      554,625      894,069      547,107      481,701    1,131,000        -12        135
Netherlands......................................................      432,761      583,069    1,139,278    1,241,211    1,000,000          9        -19
Canada...........................................................      510,801      500,000      500,000      685,205      800,000         37         17
Switzerland......................................................      777,461      679,450      617,505      736,584      750,000         19          2
Luxembourg.......................................................       71,067       63,271       55,987    1,777,180      738,000       3074        -58

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Austria..........................................................      548,994      994,441      430,285      558,873      617,000         30         10
Spain............................................................      533,447      541,353      444,063      570,104      570,000         28          0
Belgium..........................................................      354,066      194,672      329,660      313,040      385,000         -5         23
Finland..........................................................  ...........       50,000      345,000      125,000      347,000        -64        178
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      Total major donors.........................................   57,627,770   53,227,533   45,380,861   52,042,782   68,643,000         15         32
Turkey...........................................................       75,000      100,000      150,000      200,000      250,000         33         25
Ireland..........................................................  ...........      244,500      215,175      297,000      236,000         38        -21
Colombia.........................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      300,000      100,000          0        -67
Mexico...........................................................       50,000       50,000       50,000      300,000      100,000        500        -67
Republic of Korea................................................       40,000       79,000      154,000      100,000      100,000        -35          0
Argentina........................................................  ...........  ...........      300,000  ...........  ...........       -100          0
Other member states..............................................      280,007      343,536      440,137      404,963      500,000         -8         23
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      Total voluntary............................................   58,072,777   54,044,569   46,690,173   53,644,745   69,929,000         15         30
Cost-sharing.....................................................
Brazil...........................................................  ...........    1,759,125  ...........    4,220,128    3,219,000          0        -24
Peru.............................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........      528,000          0          0
Bolivia..........................................................      130,442      161,528      500,000  ...........      500,000       -100          0
Colombia.........................................................      472,331       70,000    1,192,041      539,025      500,000        -55         -7
UNAIDS...........................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........      242,000  ...........          0       -100
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      Total cost-sharing.........................................      602,773    1,990,653    1,692,041    5,001,153    4,747,000        196         -5
      Public donations...........................................      914,603      852,639      620,305    1,258,285      655,000        103        -48
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        Total....................................................   59,590,153   56,887,861   49,002,519   59,904,183   75,331,000         22        25
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NOTES: Ranked by pledges made in 1999. Earmarked multi-year contributions are shown according to the year in which they are pledged irrespective of the
  year(s) for which they are meant. Unearmarked contributions are shown according to the year for which they are pledged.


  

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