Translation of "opium " (English → French) :

whereas Afghanistan is not only the world’s leading source of opium production and the main supplier to heroin markets in the EU and the Russian Federation, but also one of the world’s leading cannabis producers, according to a recent UNODC report; whereas, however, opium production in Afghanistan has dropped by 23 % in the last two years and by a third since its peak in 2007; whereas UNODC has established that there is a clear correlation between opium cultivation and the territories where the insurgency is in control, and that in the parts of Afghanistan where the government is more able to enforce the law nearly two-thirds of farmer ...[+++]s have said they do not grow opium because it is banned – whereas in the southeast, where the authorities’ reach is weaker, just under 40 % of farmers have cited the ban as a reason for not cultivating poppies,

E. whereas the EU should do more to bring about a drastic reduction in opium production (by participating in the Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund and the Good Performance Fund) since – according to the UNODC's Afghanistan 2007 Annual Opium Poppy Survey – Afghanistan's opium production has now reached a frightening new level, twice the amount produced just two years ago; whereas Afghanistan has practically become the exclusive supplier of the world's deadliest drug, with 93% of the global opiates market, although it has to be noted that the number of opium-free provinces has more than doubled, from 6 in 2006 to 13 in 2007 due to successful ...[+++]schemes supporting alternative livelihoods and also expanded security in the north, as well as an effective awareness-raising programme including a system of rewards for good performers, and that 50% of the whole Afghan opium crop comes from the single province of Helmand,

E. whereas the EU should do more to bring about a drastic reduction in opium production since – according to the UNODC's Afghanistan 2007 Annual Opium Poppy Survey – Afghanistan’s opium production has now reached a frightening new level, twice the amount produced just two years ago; whereas Afghanistan has practically become the exclusive supplier of the world’s deadliest drug, with 93% of the global opiates market, although it has to be noted that the number of opium-free provinces has more than doubled, from 6 last year to 13 in 2007, and that 50% of the whole Afghan opium crop comes from the single province of Helmand,

G. whereas in 2007 the farm-gate value of the opium harvest totalled USD 1 billion, or 13% of the licit GDP of Afghanistan of USD 7.5 billion, and whereas the total potential value of the country's 2007 opium harvest accruing to farmers, laboratory owners and Afghan traffickers reached USD 3.1 billion, which represents almost half the country's licit GDP, or 32% of the overall economy including the opium sector,

F. whereas a survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows that in 2003 Afghanistan produced three-quarters of the world's illicit opium and that the income of Afghan opium farmers and traffickers was about USD 2.3 billion, a sum equivalent to half the legitimate GDP of the country; whereas the major share of this sum is believed to be going to military commanders and provincial administrators; whereas political stability and security are possible only if opium production declines and economic alternatives are developed for farmers to take the place of opium cultivation; whereas, while on the one hand the international ...[+++] community is working to prevent drug abuse, on the other hand Afghanistan's illegal opium production is discouraging some governments from contributing to the country's reconstruction,

F. whereas a survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows that in 2003 Afghanistan produced three-quarters of the world’s illicit opium, and that the income of Afghan opium farmers and traffickers was about $2.3 billion, a sum equivalent to half the legitimate GDP of the country; whereas the major share of this sum is believed to be going to military commanders and provincial administrators; whereas political stability and security are possible only if opium production declines and economic alternatives are developed for farmers to take the place of opium cultivation, whereas, while on the one hand the international com ...[+++]munity is working to prevent drug abuse, on the other hand Afghanistan’s illegal opium production is discouraging some governments from contributing to the country’s reconstruction,