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Colombias Santos reiterates calls to rethink war on drugs in final UN speech
written by Stephen Gill September 19, 2017
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos repeated his call for a change in approach towards the war on drugs as he delivered his final speech as president before the 72nd United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.
The head of state reminded the world of the “high price” Colombia has paid in an apparent jibe at US president Donald Trump’s threat to “decertify” as a partner in the war against drugs.
“Colombia has paid a very high price, perhaps the highest of any nation and what is being seen is that the remedy has been worse than the disease,” said Santos to the delegates from all around the globe.
“There is no simplistic way of pointing out who is solely responsible. We all are, under the principle of shared responsibility that we assumed several decades ago. They are wrong to say that this is only a problem of producing countries,” he added
More:
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-president-santos-calls-change-approach-war-drugs-final-un-speech/
