AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA THIRD ORDINARY SESSION OF THE SPECIALISED TECHNICAL

The overall objective of the AUPA (2019-2025) is to improve the health, security and socio-economic well-being of the people of Africa by addressing drug trafficking and problematic drug use in all its forms and manifestations and preventing the onset of drug use. [...] The fundamental objective of the AU Plan of Action on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (2019-2025) is to improve the health, security and socio-economic well- being of the people of Africa by addressing drug trafficking and problematic drug use in all its forms and manifestations and preventing the onset of drug use. [...] Promote effective supervision and quality # of MS with Ministries of assurance mechanisms and oversight of drug oversight and Justice, treatment and correctional facilities according quality assurance Correctional to international standards, and the AU mechanisms for Services, and Minimum Quality Standards for Drug Use drug treatment Police, and Social Prevention and Treatment and correctional Dev. [...] Promote rights of the child as enshrined in the # of MS that Ministry of African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of provide for drug Education the Child, including protection from harm by education and CSOs drug use of parents and care givers and focus life skills training African Charter on the provision of voluntary, evidence-based in their school on the Rights social services and health inter. [...] Strengthen reporting # of MS that have Ministries of Health, mechanisms for the identification of identified and Education NPS, and on the consequences of reported the Drug Law Enforcement their use, their possible sources of presence and use of Agency production and distribution, and NPS National Forensic share the information with national, Laboratory regional and continental INTERPOL, RECs, UNO.