The Kabul International Symposium
On Global Drug Policy
26-28 September 2005, Kabul
The Kabul International Symposium on Global Drug Policy

From the 26th to 28th of September 2005, ICOS held The Kabul International Symposium on Global Drug Policy, a high-level international conference that brought drug policy experts from around the world to meet with Afghan government officials, along with other key stakeholders and international organisations present in Afghanistan. The conference addressed issues of drug addiction and treatment, cultivation, eradication and alternative livelihoods and organized crime and legal responses.

The Symposium also marked the release of the initial findings of ICOS's Feasibility Study on Opium Licensing for the Production of Morphine and Other Essential Medicines. View documents released at the Symposium.

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For more information regarding the Symposium in Kabul or ICOS's projects in Afghanistan, please contact Mr. Jorrit Kamminga at

PROGRAMME

Tuesday, 27 September, 2005

DAY II - THE OPIUM CHALLENGE IN AFGHANISTAN

09:30 - 11:00 SESSION III: DRUG CULTIVATION FROM TRADITIONAL USE TO THE ILLEGAL MASS MARKET

  • Chair: Mr. Vitalino Canas,
    Professor of Law, University of Lisbon, Secretary of State for Drug Affairs (1995-2002), Portugal

  • Dr. Osman Babury,
    Professor of Pharmacology, Dean of Faculty of Pharmacology, Kabul University, Afghanistan
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  • Mr. William Byrd,
    Senior Economic Adviser on Afghanistan, World Bank
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  • Dr. Anton Haverkort,
    Research Manager, Wageningen University and Research
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  • Prof. Pierre Kopp,
    Professor of Economics, University of Paris I
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    11:30 - 13:00 SESSION IV: RESPONSES FROM ERADICATION TO ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT

  • Chair: Mr. Guillaume Fournier,
    Country Manager Afghanistan, ICOS

  • Mr. Christoph Berg,
    Head of Project Development-oriented Drug Control Programme (DDC),GTZ, Germany
    Speech
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  • Prof. Francisco Thoumi,
    Founding Director of the Research and Monitoring Center on Drugs and Crime, Rosario University, Colombia
    Speech

  • Mr. Tony White,
    Chief of Supply Reduction and Law Enforcement (1997-2001), UNDCP
    Speech

    14:30 - 17:00 SESSION V: AN OPIUM LICENSE FOR AFGHANISTAN, CONDITIONS AND PROSPECTS

  • Chair: Mr. Emmanuel Reinert,
    Executive Director, ICOS

  • Dr. Ali Wardak,
    Professor of Criminology, University of Glamorgan, United Kingdom

  • Laurens Van Puyenbroeck,
    Researcher, Institute of International Research on Criminal Policy, Ghent University, Belgium
    Speech
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  • Mr. Vitalino Canas,
    Professor of Law, University of Lisbon, Secretary of State for Drug Affairs (1995-2002), Portugal
    Speech

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