International Co-Operation in Drug Abuse Control

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1980–1981

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/35/195

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1980A/RES/34/177International co-operation in drug abuse control

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What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics

Drug Dependence Drug Traffic Narcotic Drugs

What does this mandate say?

16 operative paragraphs

Notes that some Governments have since 31 October 1979 decided to contribute or make pledges of contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile;121 2.

Appeals to Member States to respond favourably to the request for contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile made in the letter of the Secretary- General dated 28 September 1979.

34 / 177.

International co-operation in drug abuse control

Takes note of the report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and requests all agencies and organizations concerned to implement paragraphs 2 and 3 of Commission resolution 8 (XXVIII), to elaborate a practical and dynamic drug abuse control programme,

noting the principles annexed to that resolution, and to provide, within the existing regular budget, for the monitoring of the implementation of the programme by the Commission;

Requests the Commission to finalize at its next special session, to be held in 1980, a meaningful programme of international drug abuse control strategy and policies aimed at eradicating illicit demand for, production of and traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and to report to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1980 on the progress achieved in this respect;

Invites Member States to take into account the principles set forth by the Commission in allocating, within their capabilities, national resources to drug abuse control programmes-including programmes to combat the illicit production of and trafficking in .narcotic and psychotropic substances and to reduce the demand for those drugs-and calls for greater technical and financial contributions to those developing countries which are constrained by limited national resources in their efforts to implement drug abuse control programmes;

Further invites Member States to take appropriate measures for the prevention of uncontrolled or illicit manufacture and export of psychotropic substances and the chemical precursors of drugs of abuse such as acetic anhydride;

Urges States which have not yet become parties to the international drug control treaties to adhere to them and to make maximum efforts to implement them;

Further urges greater action by the specialized agencies and programmes of the United Nations, especially the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme, in developing and implementing, within their mandates, programmes aimed at the reduction of illicit production of and demand for drugs, and specifically requests those agencies to make this activity a regular item on the agendas of their governing bodies;

Requests the agencies and program.mes of the United Nations, the international financial institutions 128 Offecial Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1979, Supplement No. 5 (E/1979/35), chap. XIV.

129 Ibid., Supplement No. 5 (E/1979/35).

and member Governments within their bilateral and multilateral development assistance programmes to consider providing, when requested by a recipient State and if possible, appropriate assistance for the implementation of drug abuse prevention and control measures, particularly activities which promote new income sources that can substitute for illicit production of narcotic raw materials and which promote the reduction in demand for dangerous drugs;

Further requests the organs of the United Nations and the specialized agencies with programmes having an impact on narcotics, as a means of expediting a concerted international effort substantially to reduce illicit drug activities, to report annually to the General Assembly on their activities and proposed projects in this field;

Appeals to Member States, in accordance with their individual development goals, to consider within their national development programmes the inclusion of appropriate drug abuse control measures;

Reiterates its continued support for the initiatives of the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control in helping countries reduce the demand for, production of and traffic in illicit narcotics;

Expresses its disappointment at the low levels of financial support being provided to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control and appeals to Member States to make new, sustained or increased cash contributions to the Fund as well as further financial or in-kind contributions in support of its projects and activities;

Requests the Secretary-General to report annually to the General Assembly on the progress being made in the implementation of the present resolution and Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution 8 (XXVIII) and to transmit the present resolution to Governments and concerned international agencies.

34/178. The right of amparo, habeas corpus or other legal remedies to the same effect

Considers that the use of those remedies may also forestall opportunities for persons exercising power over detainees to engage in torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;

Calls upon all Governments to guarantee to persons within their jurisdiction the full enjoyment of the right of amparo, habeas corpus or other legal remedies to the same effect, as may be applicable in their legal system;

Decides that, in order to extend the global understanding and larger applications of institutions such as amparo, habeas corpus or other legal remedies to the same effect, an international seminar on the matter would be timely and useful;

Decides further to consider this question again 5. at its thirty-fifth session.

I 06th plenary meeting

17 December 1979

34/179. Human rights in Chile