Belize National Anti-Drug Strategy - Caribbean Elections

demanded that we make Belize drug free. Let us re-intensify the work to make all our territoriesunusable to drug traffickers and users and in so doing make our region drug free.” (JorgeEspat, Minister of National Security & Immigration, June 1999)*The National Anti-drug Strategy for Belize begins by outlining primary goals of the AntidrugStrategy after which it examines the social and economic context in which the strategy willbe implemented. It then presents an analysis of the illicit drug problem and its effects. This isfollowed in chapter three by the critical evaluation of current anti-drug policies and strategiesemployed. Chapters four and five were generated by the various working groups at the strategyelaboration workshop held from September 4-6, 1999. They identify draft policies andobjectives, establish strategies and develop projects to be carried out during the five-year periodof the strategy. The legal framework in chapter six reviews the various laws that regulate thesupply and demand of drugs as well as the treaties and multilateral and bilateral conventions thatBelize has signed. The institutional framework in chapter seven highlights the agencies that areinvolved the implementation of the strategy. The chapter on follow-up and evaluation exploresthe mechanisms to be used in monitoring the strategy while chapter nine suggests the strategiesthat Belize will employ to effectively manage the strategy’s implementation and to solicitfunding.* Taken from a speech delivered by Jorge Espat , Minister of National Security and Immigration to the delegates of an International DrugEnforcement Conference held in Belize, June 1999