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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4265

(9) over 50 percent of the high school seniors in the Nation have used marijuana or hashish. (b)

ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL

FORCE.—The Congress encourages the United Nations to explore ways and means to establish an international force or mechanism aimed at stopping the trafficking of ill^al drugs. SEC. 4103. INTERNATIONAL DRUG FORCE.

It is the sense of the Congress that the President should call for international negotiations for the purpose of agreeing on the establishment of an international drug force to pursue and apprehend major international drug traffickers. SEC 4104. INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONFERENCE. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the President should convene as soon as possible an international conference to be known as the International Conference on Combatting Ill^al Drug Production, Trafficking, and Use in the Western Hemisphere; (2) this conference should involve the heads of state, the highest-ranking law enforcement officers, and other appropriate officials from every government in the Western Hemisphere that is willing to combat the drug trade, and whose cooperation the President determines is essential to that goal; and (3) this conference should focus exclusively on combatting the drug trade and, in particular, should emphasize enhancing cooperative efforts among the governments of the Western Hemisphere to— (A) substantially reduce the production, cultivation, and processing of illicit drugs; (B) eliminate the transshipment of such drugs through countries in the Western Hemisphere; iO curb the demand for and use of such drugs in every country in the Western Hemisphere; (D) combat the problems of drug-related corruption and drug money laundering; and (E) share intelligence information, extradite drug traffickers, and take other steps necessary to improve law enforcement efforts against the drug trade. S E C 4105. INTEGRATED REGIONAL PLAN TO FIGHT THE INTERNATIONAL COCAINE TRADE. (a)

CONSULTATIONS CONCERNING CREATION OF AN INTEGRATED

PLAN.—The Secretary of State shall consult with— (1) the heads of appropriate agencies and departments of the United States Government, (2) the governments of those countries in the Western Hemisphere that cultivate, process, or traffic in cocaine, and (3) the governments of other cocaine consuming countries about the feasibility of creating a comprehensive, integrated, multi national plan whose objective would be the substantial reduction or elimination of the international cocaine trade. (b) REPORT ON THE INTEGRATED PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the Congress on—