EU’s anti-drug money will go towards rehabilitation
19 Jan 2010, 5:53 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Maldives has signed a memorandum of understanding between the European Union (EU) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The deal includes an aid package worth €1.5 million over two and a half years to strengthen the country’s response to drug abuse.
Foreign minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed said the money, which comes from the EU and would be in the hands of UNODC, will mostly be used to help with the rehabilitation of drug addicts, make people aware of the relationship between HIV and drug use.
Dr Shaheed signed the agreement at a ceremony yesterday with EU Ambassador Varnerd Savage and representative of the UNODC Regional Office South Asia, Cristina Albertin.
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