Agreements and Treaties. Belarus is a party to the 1988 UN Convention, the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, and the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances. Belarus signed an agreement in 1933 on drug control assistance with Italy, and plans to conclude similar agreements with Austria, Bulgaria, Sweden and Germany. The GOB has also signed bilateral treaties on assistance with Lithuania and China, and Belarus is a party to the Commonwealth of Independent States Convention on Legal Assistance. In 1993, Belarus became a member of Interpol.
Belarusian law has no provision for extradition.
U.S. Policy Initiatives and Programs Policy Initiatives and Bilateral Cooperation. In 1995, the USG continued to urge the GOB to give increased attention to the drug issue. Efforts have focused on identifying possible areas for assistance and the need to implement the UN drug conventions. The USG is promoting anti-drug cooperation by those nations primarily in Western Europe that are most directly affected by heroin smuggling through Belarus. The project is encouraging the GOB to develop a drug control strategy.