International cooperation against the world drug problem

Reaffirms that the fight against the world drug problem is a common and shared responsibility which must be addressed in a multilateral setting; calls upon all States to take further action to promote effective cooperation at the international and regional levels in the efforts to combat the world drug problem; adopts the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction as contained in the annex to the present resolution; stresses its resolve to strengthen the UN machinery for international drug control, in particular the UN International Drug Control Programme; renews its commitment to further strengthening international cooperation and substantially increasing efforts to counter the world drug problem; calls upon States in which cultivation and production of illicit drug crops occur to establish or reinforce, where appropriate, national mechanisms to monitor and verify illicit crops; requests the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to continue its work expeditiously on the elaboration of guidelines; reaffirms the role of the Executive Director of the UN International Drug Control Programme in coordinating and providing effective leadership for all UN drug control activities; emphasizes that the multidimensional nature of the world drug problem calls for the promotion of integration and coordination of drug control activities throughout the UN system; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 55th session a comprehensive report on the implementation of the outcome of the 20th special session, including on the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction, and the present resolution.

Adopted without vote, 83rd meeting

Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction (1999)

18 p.

Adopted at the 83rd plenary meeting, 17 Dec. 1999.
"Annex: Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction": p. 9-18.