UN General Assembly
1996

of our indigenous people and the need to protect the interests of future generations. We hope that the international community will also abide by its obligation to provide the necessary technological and financial assistance, thus contributing to 6 the achievement of these goals. In this respect we look forward to the coming review meeting on the implementation of Agenda 21. The Government of the Republic of Suriname is very concerned about the problem of illicit drug trafficking, because it poses special security problems for countries such as Suriname, which have insufficient resources to guard its hundreds of miles of shoreline and vast, underpopulated land areas. Therefore, as part of our policy of maximum cooperation in the fight against drugs, we have entered into cooperation agreements with many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, especially with those States adjacent to Suriname. In this context, I should like to mention the recently established and much appreciated cooperation between Surinamese police authorities and the drug enforcement agencies of the Government of the United States of America. However,