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Haiti - USA : Obama keeps Haiti on the "black list" of drug trafficking
19/09/2012 10:26:37

Under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FAA), the President is required each year to notify Congress of those countries he determines to be major illicit drug-producing countries or major transit countries that "significantly affect the United States." A country’s presence on the list does not necessarily reflect its counternarcotics efforts or its level of cooperation on illegal drug control with the United States. The designation can reflect a combination of geographic, commercial, and economic factors that allow narcotics to be produced and/or trafficked through a country.

When a country on the list does not fulfill its obligations under international counternarcotics agreements and conventions, the President determines that the country has "failed demonstrably" to meet its counterdrug obligations. Such a designation can lead to sanctions. However, the President may also execute a waiver when he determines there is a vital national interest in continuing U.S. assistance. Even without such a waiver, humanitarian assistance and counternarcotics assistance may continue.

List of countries on the black-list
This year the President has identified 22 countries as major producing or transit countries: Afghanistan, the Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Burma, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Laos, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Belize and El Salvador are new to the list this year.

See also :
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2462-haiti-usa-obama-put-once-again-haiti-on-the-blacklist-of-drug-trafficking.html
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1216-haiti-usa-barack-obama-puts-haiti-on-the-blacklist.html

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