Message on the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
禁止药物滥用和非法贩运国际日致辞
26 June 2017
2017年6月26日
Last year, at the UN General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem (UNGASS), the international community took steps to mobilize a multifaceted, collective response to the full range of issues related to drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Governments came together to chart a new path forward that is more effective and humane, and leaves no one behind.
去年，国际社会在世界毒品问题联大特别会议上采取步骤，动员全世界就药物滥用和非法贩运的各种问题从诸多方面作出集体应对。与会国家指明了新的前进方向，并将提高应对效力，加大人文关怀，使人人受益。
UNGASS was a ground-breaking moment that provided a detailed and forward-looking blueprint for action. Together, we must honour the unanimous commitments made to reduce drug abuse, illicit trafficking and the harm that drugs cause, and to ensure that our approach promotes equality, human rights, sustainable development, and greater peace and security.
毒品问题特别会议是一次开拓性会议，为今后的工作勾画了详细的行动蓝图。我们必须作出集体努力，履行共同承诺，减少药物滥用、非法贩运及毒品危害，确保我们的行动促进平等、人权和可持续发展，增强和平与安全。
I know from personal experience how an approach based on prevention and treatment can yield positive results. As Prime Minister of Portugal, I used the flexibility afforded by the three international drug control conventions to introduce non-criminal responses to the possession of drugs for personal use. Greater resources were allocated to prevention, treatment, and social reintegration programs, including harm reduction measures.
经验告诉我，一个基于预防治疗的方法将会产生积极结果。我在担任葡萄牙总理期间，利用三项国际药物管制公约提供的灵活性，对个人使用毒品采取了非刑事措施。我们加大了对预防、治疗和重新融入社会方案，包括减少危害措施的资金投入。
Portugal now has one of the lowest death rates for drug use in Europe. In 2001, Portugal had the highest rate of HIV amongst injecting drug users in the region; since the introduction of the new policy, this rate, and rates of all sexually transmitted diseases, have decreased dramatically. Overall drug use rates have also fallen.
葡萄牙现在是欧洲毒品使用死亡率最低的国家之一。2001年，葡萄牙是欧洲注射吸毒艾滋病毒感染率最高的国家。我们出台了新的政策，这一死亡率和所有性传播疾病的发病率随之急剧下降。总体毒品使用率也已下降。
I am proud of these results and hope this experience will contribute to the discussion and encourage Member States to continue exploring comprehensive and evidence-based solutions.
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