DATE=9/6/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=COLOMBIA - U-N SUMMIT (L)
NUMBER=2-266208
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=

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INTRO: Colombia President Andres Pastrana has once 
again called on the international community to 
confront the global problem of illegal drugs. Mr. 
Pastrana made the comments on the opening day of the 
United Nations Millennium Summit in New York. 
Correspondnet Barbara Schoetzau reports.


TEXT:  Mr. Pastrana says unlawful drugs and related 
crimes such as narco-trafficking, money laundering, 
and contraband and arms dealing are problems shared by 
all nations. Consequently, he says, all nations must 
participate in a global effort to resolve the problem.

Speaking through an interpreter, Mr. Pastrana 
described the impact of a civil war, fueled by drug 
money, on Colombia. 

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I come from Colombia, a beautiful country inhabited by 
40 million people who love life and in which, 
unfortunately, an absurd confrontation persists, 
fueled by a few violent persons and by the tainted 
money of traffic in drugs which affect and involve the 
entire world. But we are committed to the quest for a 
negotiated peace.

//// END ACT ////

Mr. Pastrana says Colombia needs international 
cooperation to help achieve peace and social justice 
for all Colombians. If the poorest of the poor are 
left behind in the globalizing economy, he warns, 
political unrest will be the result. (Signed)


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