International Campaign Against Traffic in Drugs

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100International campaign against traffic in drugs, published in 1987.

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6 versions · 1982–1987

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What subjects does this mandate have?

17 topics

Advisory Services Andean Region Budget Contributions Conferences Crop Substitution Drug Control Drug Dependence Drug Legislation Drug Production Drug Traffic Information Exchange International Cooperation Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties Working Groups

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs

Condemns unequivocally drug trafficking in ali its illicit forms-production, processing, marketing and consumption-as a criminal activity and requests ali States to pledge their political will in a concerted and universal struggle to achieve its complete and final elimination;

Urges States to acknowledge that they share responsibility for combating the problem of illicit consumption, production and transit and therefore to encourage mutual collaboration in the struggle against drug trafficking, in accordance with the relevant international and national norms;

Calls upon ali States to adopt appropriate preventive and/or punitive measures of a political, legal, economic and cultural nature so as to bring about social awareness of the pernicious effects of illicit drug use, and individual and collective rejection of ali kinds of practices that facilitate such illegal use;

/ n vites Sta tes to use ali possible means to discourage practices and domestic and foreign interests that promote the increased illicit production and consumption of drugs;

Urges the Governments of countries facing problems of drug abuse, particularly those most seriously affected, as part of their national strategy, to give priority to funding programmes that aim to create in society a deep respect for its own health, fitness and well-being and, taking into account cultural and social factors, to provide appropriate information and advice for ali sectors of their communities with regard to drug abuse, its harmful effects and the ways in which appropriate community action can be promoted;

Recommends that concerted efforts be made to promote co-operation and co-ordination among States, particularly in the areas of communications and training, with a view to alleviating the problems associated with illicit transit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;

Recommends a/so that the Economic and Social Council request the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to consider convening, within available resources, a sessional working group to facilita te the exchange of information on experience gained by States in combating the illicit transit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;

Encourages Member States and the relevant bodies ofthe United Nations system, subject to observance ofthe principies of national sovereignty and jurisdiction, to provide economic assistance and technical co-operation to the developing cóuntries most affected by the illicit production of, traffic in and use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, in order to combat this problem;

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General ofthe United Nations and to the Secretary-General ofthe International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking for their valuable efforts in implementing General Assembly resolution 40/122;

Acknowledges the work ofbodies ofthe United Nations system, in particular the drug-control bodies, in assisting efforts and initiatives designed to increase international co-operation, and recommends that this work be intensified;

Takes note of the recommendations of the first Interregional Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies1º7 and requests, in the light of comments from Govemments and United Nations bodies, that they be considered by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its thirty-second session, so that the specific measures required for their implementation may be identified with a view to their inclusion, for possible adoption, in the report to be submitted to the Economic and Social Council at its next session;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to continue to make the necessary arrangements for holding, within the framework of advisory services, interregional seminars on the experience gained within the United Nations system in integrated rural development programmes that include the substitution of surplus and/or illegal crops in affected areas, including the Andean region;

Invites ali States that have not already done so to become parties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and, in the mean time, to endeavour to comply with the provisions of these instruments;

Acknowledges the vital role played by the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control and calls upon Member States to contribute and/or increase their contributions to the Fund;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session on the implementation ofthe present resolution under the item entitled "Intemational campaign against traffic in drugs".

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