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•The questionnaire had 61 indicators in the First Evaluation Round

•In the Second Evaluation Round, the number of indicators increased to 83

•In March, 2003, the Eighth Meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group was held (Panama)

•24 member countries participated •Recommendation for a comprehensive reform of the MEM questionnaire agreed upon

Changes in 68 indicatorsElimination of 6 indicatorsIncorporation of 7 new indicators

•Current questionnaire contains 86 indicators

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CHAPTER I : INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING -7 Indicators•National Anti-Drug Plan and National Commission (1-4)•International Conventions (5)•National Information System (6-7)

CHAPTER II : DEMAND REDUCTION – 15 Indicators•Prevention (8-11)•Treatment (12-15)•Statistics on Consumption (16-22)

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CHAPTER III: SUPPLY REDUCTION – 17 INDICATORS• Drug Production and Alternative Development (23-28)Drug Production and Alternative Development (23-28)• Drug Supply and Control of Pharmaceutical Products and Drug Supply and Control of Pharmaceutical Products and

Chemical Substances (29-39)Chemical Substances (29-39)

CHAPTER IV: CONTROL MEASURES – 46 INDICATORS• Illicit Drug Trafficking (40-48)Illicit Drug Trafficking (40-48)• Corruption (49-50)Corruption (49-50)• Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives (51-62)Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives (51-62)• Money Laundering (63-83)Money Laundering (63-83)• Displacement (84)Displacement (84)• Transnational Organized Crime (85-86)Transnational Organized Crime (85-86)

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NUMERIC SUMMARY OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE

•Comments were received from 15 countries and 5 CICAD sections

•Although not reflective of all 34 member states, the table does provide an initial snapshot trending to its modification and not its deletion

•Comments have been classified taking into account the action to take with regard to an indicator and the main reasons to modify or delete them according to the comments received

•Each of the questionnaire sections will be addressed in general terms by the section heads of CICAD

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MEM UNITMEM UNITPROPOSALSPROPOSALS

REMOVE PURPOSE OF INDICATOR

1 Implementation of a national anti-drug plan/strategy

INSTITUTION BUILDING

PURPOSE OF INDICATOR To Determine the Existence of a Framework to Guide all Anti-Drug Activities

A. What is the current status of your national anti-drug plan/strategy (1)?

INDICATORS ABOUT CIVIL LAW AND COMMON LAW PROCESS SHOULD BE

UNIFIED

41 Number of persons arrested, tried and convicted for illicit drug trafficking

ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING

PURPOSE OF INDICATOR To Stem and/or Eliminate Illicit Drug Trafficking

Only CIVIL LAW countries need reply to this Indicator COMMON LAW countries proceed to Indicator 42

USE A STANDARD METHOD TO SEPARATE THOUSANDS AND

DECIMALS

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Pharmaceutical products seized, by number and quantities, and disposed of by substance, quantity and by year

DRUG SUPPLY AND CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/ CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES

PURPOSE OF INDICATOR To Prevent Diversion of Pharmaceutical Products

A. How many seizures(1) involving pharmaceutical products(2) were made during the past three

years and what volumes/quantities did this involve?

USE A STANDARD METHOD TO MEASURE AREAS AND WEIGHT

23 Area cultivated and potential production of raw materials and drugs, by type of plant

DRUG PRODUCTION AND ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT

PURPOSE OF INDICATOR Reduction of Illicit Cultivation of plants for Drug Production

A. What is the total area of illicit crops (1)? Please answer using hectares (2) as the unit of

measure.

Area cultivated Plant 2002 2003 2004

1. Marijuana 2. Coca 3. Poppy

ELIMINATE INDICATOR SUBSECTIONS ASKING ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS

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Operational scope of activities of national entity or entities responsible for regulating controlled chemical substances and preventing their diversion

DRUG SUPPLY AND CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS/ CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES

PURPOSE OF INDICATOR

To Prevent Diversion of Controlled Chemical Substances used for the Illicit Manufacture of Drugs

A. Which national organizations have the principal responsibility for controlling the exportation,

importation, production and distribution of controlled chemical substances (1) listed in the United Nations Conventions and preventing their diversion?

E. 1. Is there a formal, qualitative mechanism (9) in place to evaluate the effectiveness of

these entities?

Y N

• Update of the data base entry system to the MEM questionnaire

• Create a program so that the Experts could have access to statistical data, based on answers from the countries to the indicators of the 4th Round

• Format and Style of the redaction of the indicators will be reviewed and errors corrected

FUTURE ACTIONS