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; calls upon all States to adopt appropriate preventive and/or punitive measures so as to bring about social awareness of the pernicious effects of illicit drug use, and rejection of all kinds of practices that facilitate such illegal use; invites States 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 to give priority to funding programmes that aim to create in society a deep respect for its own health, fitness and well-being and to provide appropriate information and advise for all sectors of their communities with regard to drug abuse; takes note of the recommendations of the first Interregional Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies and requests that they be considered by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its 32nd 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; requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements for holding interregional seminars on the experience gained within the UN System in integrated rural development programmes that include the substitution of surplus and/or illegal crops in affected areas, including the Andean region.

Adopted without vote, 97th plenary meeting

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Adopted at the 97th plenary meeting, 4 Dec. 1986.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 41st session, 16 September-19 December 1986. - A/41/53. - 1987. - p. 184-186. - (GAOR, 41st sess., Suppl. no. 53).