Regional and global partnerships are urgently needed to combat organized crime in Guinea-Bissau and other countries in West Africa affected by the illegal drug trade, a United Nations official has said, calling for a more integrated approach in the region.
"The issue of illicit drugs is not the problem of just one single country, but rather a predicament that the entire international community must deal with," said Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), on his arrival yesterday in the country.
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