The European Union was now playing an "unprecedented role" to help the victims, by mobilising "the considerable resources of the EU - from the political and security to the technical, economic and financial".
Eiropas Komisija sākotnēji bija iecerējusi izveidot vienotu finanšu instrumentu programmām "DAPHNE" un programmai, kas paredzēta narkomānijas apkarošanai.