Canada pledged on Wednesday to contribute CAN$330,000 towards the establishment of a regional counter-drugs intelligence school for the Caribbean. The school's headquarters will be in Port of Spain.
Canada’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy made the announcement during a commemorative coin-presentation ceremony at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Canada’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Diane Ablonczy made the announcement during a commemorative coin-presentation ceremony at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
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| Foreign Affairs Minister Surujrattan Rambachan receives a 50th-anniversary coin from Canada’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Diane Ablonczy. Also in picture are National Security Minister John Sandy, Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Deepak Obhrai and Canada’s Governor General David Johnston. GUARDIAN PHOTO by SHIRLEY BAHADUR |
The event was in observance of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and T&T. Canada’s Governor General David Johnston, attended the event.
In a brief address, Ablonczy said the school would seek “to increase regional law enforcement’s capacity to develop and analyse counter-drugs intelligence and to promote greater co-operation and exchange of information.”
She also said Canada will co-ordinate the expertise needed to target transnational organised crime in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Ablonczy said her Government would provide “a further $900,000 for this project, bringing our total contribution to $1.6 million.”
She noted that Canada fully supports a computer-based intelligence-gathering system for national and international drug control.
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan said he expects Canada's support towards the establishment of a legally-binding international instrument to “regulate the trade in conventional weapons, including those stipulated under the UN Register of Conventional Arms, as well as small arms, light weapons and their ammunition.”
She also said Canada will co-ordinate the expertise needed to target transnational organised crime in partnership with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Ablonczy said her Government would provide “a further $900,000 for this project, bringing our total contribution to $1.6 million.”
She noted that Canada fully supports a computer-based intelligence-gathering system for national and international drug control.
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan said he expects Canada's support towards the establishment of a legally-binding international instrument to “regulate the trade in conventional weapons, including those stipulated under the UN Register of Conventional Arms, as well as small arms, light weapons and their ammunition.”
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