To mark the International Day to Combat Drug Trafficking, the Guinean Observatory for Drugs and Drug Addiction holds a conference on the impact and consequences of drug use. The motto of this year's celebration is: "Listening first - listening to children and youth is the first step to helping them grow up healthy and safe."

The president of the Observatory, Abílio Aleluia Có Júnior; is the keynote speaker at the conference moderated by Lieutenant Colonel Manuel da Costa.

"There are no easy solutions" to the fight against drugs, as the UN Secretary-General says in his official message for the Day, recalling his own experience as a former ruler that we can chart a better way to combat the global problem of drugs. drugs.

António Guterres urges countries to promote "prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and reintegration services; guarantee access to controlled medicines, avoiding diversion and abuse; promote alternatives to the cultivation of illicit drugs; and end trafficking and organized crime - which will contribute immensely to our work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Together, we can ensure that all people can live with health, dignity and peace, with security and prosperity. "

This event has the support of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS).