convergence

Realuyo
18 Ibid.
19 UNODC, “UNODC Head Inaugurates Centre of Excellence in Statistics in Mexico,” October 1, 2011,
available at .
20 Organization of American States (OAS), “Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized
Crime,” Res. 908, October 25, 2006, available at .
21 OAS Committee on Hemispheric Security, “Transnational Organized Crime as a Multidimensional Threat:
Promoting Full Implementation of the Hemispheric Plan of Action against Transnational Organized Crime,”
concept paper roundtable discussion, April 18–19, 2005, available at .
22 “OAS meets to analyze progress against organized crime,” Infosur Hoy, November 17, 2011, available at
.
23 “OAS analyses hemispheric progress against transnational organized crime,” Caribbean News Now, November
18, 2011, available at .
24 Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), “Mission Statement,” available at .
25 st OAS/CICAD, “2010 Annual Report of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission to the 41 Regular
Session of the General Assembly of the OAS,” available at .
26 Ibid.
27 U.S. Department of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, “International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2011,” vol. 1, March 2011, 15, available at .
28 Ibid., 15.
29 James F. Mack, “New Hemispheric Drug Strategy,” OAS/CICAD, June 2010, available at .
30 OAS/CICAD, “Hemispheric Plan of Action on Drugs, 2011–2015,” May 4–6, 2011, available at .
31 U.S. Department of State, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, “International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2011,” vol. 2, March 2011, 29, available at .
32 OAS/CICAD, “Next Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism Round gets framework for evaluation,” available
at .
33 OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE), “History,” available at .
34 Peter J. Meyer and Clare Ribando Seelke, “Central America Regional Security Initiative: Background and
Policy Issues for Congress,” Congressional Research Service, R41731, March 30, 2011, available at .
35 “SICA presents Central American citizen security strategy to the international community,” Inter-American
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36 Testimony of Arturo A. Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, before the Senate Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global
Narcotics Affairs, February 17, 2011.
37 Meyer and Seelke, “Central America Regional Security Initiative,” March 30, 2011.
38 U.S. National Drug Control Strategy (Washington, DC: The White House, 2011), 76, available at .
39 U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, “The Central America Regional Security Initiative: A
Shared Partnership Fact Sheet,” August, 5, 2010, available at .
40 Meyer and Seelke, 25.
41 “U.S. National Drug Control Strategy,” 2011, 78.
42 Meyer and Seelke, 25.
43 Ibid.
44 Ibid.
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