First Global Forum of Producers of Crops Declared to be Illicit (FMPCDI)

Approximately 50 producers of coca leaves, cannabis and opium poppy from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa

and Asia and more than 20 experts and NGO representatives gathered at this first world forum in Barcelona, Spain from

January 29 to 31, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.

Organized by CERAI, in collaboration with WOLA among other organizations, the forum provided a space for sharing

experiences and reflecting on ways to protect the human rights of affected communities and promote alternative models of

sustainable development.



The final declaration can be found at:

http://www.ungassondrugs.org/images/stories/Political_Declaration_FMPCDI.pdf