Physical Map Of Bolivia

PART VI: ACTIVITIES NOT PROHIBITED UNDER THIS CONVENTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VIREGIME FOR SCHEDULE 1 CHEMICALS AND FACILITIES RELATED TO SUCH CHEMICALSA. GENERAL PROVISIONS 1. A State Party shall not produce, acquire, retain or use Schedule 1 chemicals outside the territories of States Parties and shall not transfer such chemicals outside its territory except to another State Party. 2. A State Party shall not produce, acquire, retain, transfer or use Schedule 1 chemicals unless: (a) The chemicals are applied to research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes; and (b) The types and quantities of chemicals ... [Read More]

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This pilot research stems for the ASEM [Asia-Europe Meeting] Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2001), that has stressed the need to encourage research on the demand for the most common forms of exploitation of trafficked women and children. The multi-country study assessed attitudes of employers of domestic workers in Sweden, Thailand, India and Italy and clients of sex workers in Denmark, Thailand, India and Italy. The report suggests that three related factors are key to explaining the exploitative conditions experienced by many migrant domestic and sex workers: (a) The unregulated nature of the labor market segments in which they work; (b) the abundant supply of exploitable labor and (c) the power and malleability of social norms regulating the behavior of employers and clients. The continued expansion of any unregulated market is likely to require and facilitate the exploitation of vulnerable labor. Both paid sex and domest ... [Read More]

D) U.S. Government Assistance

Drug Enforcement AdministrationThe preeminent responsibility of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to reduce and ultimately minimize the impact posed to our nation by illicit drugs. All cocaine and heroin, as well as some marijuana and other dangerous drugs, are produced outside the United States. These illegal drugs are smuggled from the countries of their source, usually through other countries and ultimately ending in the United States. Thus, the reduction of illicit drug availability in the United States requires a strong international counternarcotics strategy. In cooperation and coordination with other nations, as well as with other U.S. agencies, DEA strives to concurrently suppress illicit drug production; disrupt the availability of these drugs in the distribution chain; arrest and prosecute those involved in any aspect of illegal drug trafficking; and seize their profits and assets. The primary contribution of DEA ... [Read More]

Policy and Program Developments

Overview for 2000For U.S. international antidrug programs, the year 2000 was one of important accomplishments and serious challenges. Long-term cooperation with our Western Hemisphere allies continued to bear fruit. We successfully attacked drug crop expansion, enhanced interdiction efforts, worked to arrest leaders of drug trafficking syndicates, and narrowed the opportunities for the drug trade to launder drug profits. At the same time, we provided our partners essential training assistance to strengthen their law enforcement and judicial systems, while helping them with programs to reduce drug consumption in their own countries. The year’s most noteworthy accomplishment was to keep the total Andean coca crop from expanding significantly. Six years of joint ... [Read More]

Juan Somavia, "Eliminating Child Labor: A Moral Cause and a Development Challenge" , eJournal USA: Economic Perspectives, May 2005

CHILDREN IN MINING AND QUARRYINGAn estimated one million children work in small-scale mining and quarrying around the world. These children work in some of the worst conditions imaginable, where they face serious risk of injury, chronic illness, or death.In surface and underground mines, children work long hours, carry heavy loads, set explosives, sieve sand and dirt, crawl through narrow tunnels, inhale harmful dust, and work in water—often in the presence of dangerous toxins such as lead and mercury. Children mine diamonds, gold, and precious metals in Africa; gems and rock in Asia; and gold, coal, emeralds, and tin in South America.In rock quarries located in many parts of the world, children face safety and health risks from pulling and carrying heavy loads, inhaling ... [Read More]