UN General Assembly
2011

regard, I wish to make a special and hopeful call upon the people and Government of the United States resolutely to lead us in this the good fight against drug- trafficking and organized crime. I believe that the Government of the United States must lead us in the struggle with great resolve. It must make the commitment and apply all its economic, human, technological and political resources in waging the struggle, which is indeed the harshest war to affect our continent. The violence that is fuelled by drugs trafficking and by its machinery of death has taken more lives in Mesoamerica than conflicts that occur elsewhere on this planet. That is why I wish to draw attention to and invite all Members to focus on this shocking fact. We require the firm resolve of our great North American neighbour in order to strike the necessary blows to weaken and end this criminal phenomenon. Naturally, that does not mean that our countries will in any way shirk their share of the responsibility. We shall