President Leonel Fernández will travel to New York City on June 8 to participate in a United Nations conference on drug trafficking. He will speak at an Extraordinary General Assembly on the application of a multinational strategy to combat drug trafficking, that will be held June 8-10. This is the second time, the Dominican President will speak at the United Nations. The conference was called by Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. During the meeting, countries will discuss a multilateral evaluation of individual nations efforts to combat drug trafficking. The experiences of some nations that have legalized drug consumption will also be analyzed.
