“The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has reconsidered its objection of January 8, 2013, (…) to the reservation of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended, contained in the communication of January 10, 2012,” the official note assures.

Submitted to the UN General Secretariat, the text was elaborated in May of this year after the meetings that the vice-president, David Choquehuanca, held with the ambassador of the Netherlands in Bolivia, Nathalie Lintvelt.

The UN General Secretariat publicly announced the decision of the Government of the Netherlands 48 hours ago at the headquarters of that international organization in New York, United States.

From the Bolivian Foreign Ministry, Deputy Minister Freddy Mamani confirmed that this ministry, through the embassy in the Netherlands, headed by the head of the diplomatic legation, Roberto Calzadilla, took steps that have now succeeded in this official communication.

Mamani expressed his hope that the States that have not yet lifted their objections will join in the cessation of the stigmatization of what he called “our millenary leaf”.

He announced that Bolivia will continue its diplomatic work with the international community to rectify this historic mistake and thus contribute to “reflection on the inconsistencies and injustices that persist in the current drug control regime”.

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