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Afghanistan shares 5,813 km of borders with six neighbouring countries. As an arid, landlocked country, Afghanistan cannot develop without access to regional and international markets. Afghanistan's strategic and central location makes it the essential fulcrum for seeking closer cooperation and expanding trade throughout the region. The drug trade demonstrates in the negative the potential of the country to serve as a land bridge connecting its surrounding regions. Long-term sustainability within Afghanistan necessitates a constructive dialogue within the wider region.
A regional solution to an Afghan challenge.
Afghanistan currently supplies some 93 per cent of the world's opium. This has negative health, social and security consequences at the regional and world level. The Rainbow Strategy is a regional response to the threat posed by the supply, trafficking and consumption of Afghan opiates. It acknowledges that a national problem demands a regional solution, and therefore engages both Afghanistan and neighbouring countries.
Translating Paris Pact recommendations related to Afghanistan and neighbouring countries into of seven action outlines, the strategy addresses key issues, allowing for constructive engagement with prime actors in the region, facilitating local ownership, and supplementing interventions from national governments and other Paris Pact partners. The approach is pragmatic and realistic, accepting that a long-term engagement is required in order to build confidence and trust.
To view a copy of the Rainbow Strategy Brochure, click here
For a more detailed view of the Rainbow Strategy, including situation analysis', related mandates, response as well as resource needs, please click
here to access the Rainbow Presentation.
Please note it may take a few minutes to download the presentation depending on the speed of your internet connection.
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The Blue Paper - Afghanistan's Opium Poppy Free Road Map and Provincial Profiles |
The Green Paper - Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan: Border Management Cooperation in Drug Control |
The Yellow Paper - Securing Central Asia's borders with Afghanistan |
The Violet Paper - The Caspian Sea and Turkmen Border Initiatives |
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The Red Paper - Targeting Precursors used in Heroin Manufacture: Operation TARCET |
The Orange Paper - Financial Flows linked to Afghan opiates production and trafficking |
The Indigo Paper - Preventing and treating opiates addition and HIV/AIDS epidemics in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries |
The seven action outlines can be accessed using a secure webpage by clicking on each paper above. Please note: you will need a username and password to access the seven plans. If you don't already have a username and password for the Automated Donor Assistance Mechansim - ADAM, please use the registration form available on the above links to request one.
The Paris Pact Initiative
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The Paris Pact Initiative consists of three main components: (i) a two-pronged Consultative Mechanism that facilitates periodical consultations at the expert and policy levels between partners, in order to jointly discuss, identify and set in motion concrete measures to stem the increasing levels of opiates trafficked from Afghanistan; (ii) the Automated Donor Assistance Mechanism (ADAM -www.paris-pact.net), an internet-based tool which provides Paris Pact partners with essential information to coordinate technical assistance in countries along the main opium trafficking routes from Afghanistan and; (iii) further strengthening data collection and analytical capacity through a network of National Strategic Analysts based in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan and the Russian Federation. To view a copy of the Paris Pact Initiative brochure, click here Related Stories: 15/12/08 - Tackling the Afghan Opium Threat 30/04/08 - Illicit Drug Trends of Afghan opiates 18/12/07 - "Rainbow Strategy" for Afghanistan 16/11/07 - Paris Pact: stopping the flow of opium from Afghanistan
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The Automated Donor Assistance Mechanism (ADAM) is an Internet-based tool for the coordination of technical assistance in the field of counter narcotics (i.e. supply and demand reduction). This tool has been developed by UNODC within the framework of the Paris Pact Initiative, a UNODC-led partnership of more than 50 countries and international organizations, which aims to counter traffic in and consumption of Afghan opiates. ADAM is designed to automatically provide partners with essential information in order to avoid the duplication of activities and projects, as well as coordinating donor assistance. Click here to go to ADAM
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