Paragraph 3

The Parties may co-operate to increase the effectiveness of eradication efforts. Such cooperation may, inter alia , include support, when appropriate, for integrated rural development leading to economically viable alternatives to illicit cultivation. Factors such as access to markets, the availability of resources and prevailing socio-economic conditions should be taken into account before such rural development programmes are implemented. The Parties may agree on any other appropriate measures of co-operation.

The Parties shall also facilitate the exchange of scientific and technical information and the conduct of research concerning eradication.

Whenever they have common frontiers, the Parties shall seek to co-operate in eradication programmes in their respective areas along those frontiers.