Mass Exoduses

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1981.

What subjects does this mandate have?

2 topics

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs

Invites all Governments to collaborate closely with the International Narcotics Control Board, the Division of Narcotic Drugs and the other relevant bodies in the United Nations system, particularly by supplying them with the necessary information so th~t they may fulfil their tasks both pursuant to the_ provisions of the narcotics conventions and in accordance with their purposes;

Urges all States to take suitable steps to implement Economic and Social Council resolutions 1979 /8 of 9 May 1979 and 1980 /20 of 30 April 1980 with a view to achieving and maintaining a lasting balance between demand and supply of opiates and avoiding the possibility of diversion of licit production to illicit channels;

Invites States concerned to take appropriate measures to discourage the powerful economic interests which are propagating a false and deceitful image of drug use with the aim of increasing the number of drug abusers and legalizing the abuse;

Underlines its appeal to all Govern~ents to_ increase their financial support for the Untted Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control, so that it may forward the enhancement of measures for the reduction of the illicit supply, traffic and demand for narcotic drugs, a1:d calls particularly upon States which require assistance m crop-substitution o~ law enforcement prograri:mes to present suitable projects to the Fund and other mternational funding bodies or projects for bilateral development assistance;

Underscores the need of producing countries to receive greater assistance from interested Governments and relevant international organizations to facilitate drug abuse control, including crop-substitution policies or law enforcement programmes;

Calls upon all States to co-operate in a suitable fashion to prevent the uncontrolled or illicit cultivation, production, export, import, transit and consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, and to take suitable measures to prevent the misuse of chemical substances for the production of drugs;

Calls upon the Commission on Narcotic Drugs_to present, at its thirtieth regular session, the completed mternational programme for drug abuse control so that such a comprehensive, co-ordinated global strategy may be translated at the earliest possible date into actions

seeking to interdict narcotics trafficking, eradicate the illicit production and demand, educate citizens throughout the world regarding the dangers of drugs and treat and rehabilitate those individuals who have become dependent upon or addicted to drugs;

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Invites the Economic and Social Council to give once more particular attention to these questions at its first regular session of 1981;

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Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to all Governments.

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Mass exoduses

Expresses deep concern at the continued incidence of large-scale exoduses and displacements of populations and the resulting hardships and problems for the persons and States concerned;

Expresses its determination to facilitate solutions to the problems caused by these large-scale movements of population;

Endorses the requests of the Commission on Human Rights in its resolution 30 (XXXVI);

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to examine the report of the Secretary-General to be submitted to it at its thirty-seventh session and, on the basis of that report, to make recommendations for further action;

Decides, in light of the consideration given this question by the Commission on Human Rights, to consider the question at its thirty-sixth session under the item entitled "Report of the Economic and Social Council''.

35/197. Regional, national and local arrangements for the promotion and protection of human rights

Notes with satisfaction the efforts currently under way within the Organization of African Unity to elaborate an African charter of human rights and to establish an African commission on human rights, and requests the Secretary-General to maintain close _cooperation with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity on this matter and to keep the

'" See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council. 1980.

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