INNOVATIVE STRATEGY NECESSARY TO COMBAT SOPHISTICATED CRIMINAL NETWORKS, SAY SPEAKERS IN THIRD COMMITTEE DEBATE ON CRIME CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/SHC/3360, issued 21 October, the third paragraph should read:

"Alternative development programmes were an important part of an integrated approach to control and reduce the supply of drugs and address the social and economic causes of drug cultivation, said the representative of Ireland, on behalf of the European Union, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia. Curbing demand required comprehensive strategies that addressed the underlying reasons for drug addiction, especially among young people."

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