Invitesthe United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control to initiate, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and other appropriate agencies and bodies of the United Nations, actions to design models for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation,
taking into account the diversity of cultures in which drug abuse exists, for the purpose of identifying and demonstrating the best techniques for assisting drug abusers in order to facilitate the work of national authorities in reducing drug abuse;
2
Further invitesthe above-mentioned organizations to study the feasibility of establishing treatment and rehabilitation centres to care for individuals suffering from addiction and abuse and to train persons to apply the best methodologies in this field;
3
Invitesthe United Nations Development Programme and other appropriate agencies and bodies of the United Nations, as well as international or multilateral financial institutions engaged in development assistance, to co-operate with and assist the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control, in accordance with requests by Governments, in the commissioning of
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pilot projects aimed at providing farmers Wh? ha~ re!ied on growing narcotic raw materials as the1r p~mcipal source of income with other ways and means of mcome in areas wherc the illicit cultivation and production of narcotic raw materials shall gradually be eradicated in accordance with thc decisions of the Governments concerned;
4
InvitesGovernments to consider including projccts designed to promote economic alternatives for farmers and others who are dependent on illicit production of narcotic substances, as additional and intcgrated components in their econ01:nic devel_opme_nt programmes when applying ~or _tec~mcal and financia! assistance from multilateral mstttut10ns;
5
Requeststhe Commission on Narcotic Drugs to study at its next session the possibility of launching a mcaningful programme of international drug abuse control strategy and policies, including the possibility of integrating therein existing policies or envisaged development assistance programmes;
6
Suggests that the Economic and Social Council at its sixty-fourth session give special consideration to ali problems related to drug abuse.
105 th plenary meetinR
16 December 1977
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United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control and its programmes related to economic aml social development
1
Endorses Economic and Social Council resolution 2066 (LXII) on the co-ordination of technical and financia! assistancc in areas of illicit production of narcotic raw materials;
2
Reiterates its appeal to Governments for sustaincd contributions to the United Nations Fund for
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