Demand for and supply of opiates for medical and scientific needs.

Urges all Governments to contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a balance between the licit supply of and demand for opiates for medical and scientific needs and to the solution of the problems involved, in particular the problem of excess stocks of opiate raw materials held by the traditional supplier States; commends the International Narcotics Control Board for its efforts at monitoring the implementation of the relevant Economic and Social Council resolutions.

Adopted without vote, 39th meeting

Adopted at the 39th plenary meeting, 20 July 1994.
In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 1994, New York, 25 January and 3 and 4 February 1994; resumed organizational session for 1994, New York, 6 June 1994; substantive session of 1994, New York, 27 June-29 July 1994; second special session of 1994, New York, 16 September 1994; resumed substantive session of 1994, New York, 3 and 4 November 1994 - E/1994/94 - p. 19-20 - (ESCOR, 1994, Suppl. no. 1).