the heads of mission announced their deep concern for the extreme hazards that the raising trend in substance abuse poses for society and the lives and future of children and adolescents , and for the destabilize effects that illegal use , production , trafficking and dispersal of narcotic and psychotropic substances and drug - related incidents have for the affected people of the south arabian region .
The Heads of state expressed their deep concern at the fast and continuing degradation of the environment, including extensive destruction of forests, in the South Asian region.