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West Africa Commission on Drugs Concluded 2016

The Kofi Annan Foundation convened the West Africa Commission on Drugs to develop effective strategies for tackling the growing threat of illegal drug use to the region. It encourages countries and organisations to implement its evidence-based recommendations in West Africa and beyond. It produced a landmark report, entitled NOT JUST IN TRANSIT: Drugs, the State and Society in West Africa.

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Board Members

  • Carlos Mesa Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    Carlos Mesa was the President of Bolivia, serving from 2003- 2005. Mr. Mesa was founder and director of Cinemateca Boliviana in 1976 and since 1979 has been a press, radio and television journalist. He served as deputy director of the newspaper Ultima Hora and director of three TV channels: America TV, Telesistema Boliviano and ATB....

  • Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul Germany
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    Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul served as Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development from 1998 to 2009. She was a member of the national parliament, the German Bundestag, from 1987 until 2013. From 2009 to 2013, she served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and as the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP)...

  • Ernesto Zedillo Mexico
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    Ernesto Zedillo served as President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Natural Resource Governance Institute, the 21st Century Advisory Council of the Berggruen Institute on Governance, and Co-Chair of the Inter-American Dialogue. He serves on the Global Commission on Drug Policy...

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Changing Drug Policy

Drug trafficking and consumption undermine institutions, threaten public health and damage development efforts. However, Kofi Annan believed “that drugs have destroyed many lives, but wrong government policies have destroyed many more”. The Foundation speaks out on drug policy reform and… View Initiative

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H.E Mrs Ruth Dreifuss with the late Kofi Annan. Photo: Global Commission on Drug Policy.
What We Owe to Kofi Annan’s Legacy in Global Health by H.E. Ruth Dreifuss

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