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 PUBLIC LAW 98-164—NOV. 22, 1983 97 STAT. 1053 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL SEC. 1003. (a) Section 481(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a)(1) It is the sense of the Congress that— "(A) under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, 18 UST 1407. each signatory country has the responsibility of limiting to licit purposes the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale, and other distribution of scheduled drugs; "(B) the international community should provide assistance, where appropriate, to those producer and transit countries which require assistance in discharging these primary obliga- tions; "(C) international narcotics control programs should include, as a priority, the progressive elimination of the illicit cultiva- tion of the crops from which narcotic and psychotropic drugs are derived, and should also include the suppression of the illicit manufacture of and traffic in narcotic and psychotropic drugs; and "(D) effective international cooperation is necessary to control the illicit cultivation, production, and smuggling of, trafficking in, and abuse of narcotic and psychotropic drugs. This cooperation should include the development and transmittal of plans by each signatory country to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, in which illicit narcotics and psychotropic crop cultivation exists, which would advise the International Nar- cotics Control Board, the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and the international community of the strategy, programs, and timetable such country has established for the progressive elimination of that cultivation. "(2) In order to promote such cooperation, the President is author- ized to conclude agreements with other countries to facilitate con- trol of the production, processing, transportation, and distribution of narcotics analgesics, including opium and its derivatives, other nar- cotic and psychotropic drugs, and other controlled substances. "(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President is authorized to furnish assistance to any country or international organization, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for the control of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled (b) Section 481 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2291) is amended by striking out subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(e)(1) Not later than February 1 of each year, the President shall Report to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Congress. Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a report on United States policy to establish and encourage an international strategy to prevent the illicit cultivation and manufacture of and traffic in narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances. "(2)(A) Each report pursuant to this subsection shall describe the policies adopted, agreements concluded, and programs implemented by the Department of State in pursuit of its delegated responsibil- ities for international narcotics control, including policy develop- ment, bilateral and multilateral funding and other support for international narcotics control projects, representations of the United States Government to international organizations and agen- cies concerned with narcotics control, training of foreign enforce- ment personnel, coordination of the international narcotics control

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