International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.

Urges Governments and organizations to adhere to the principles set forth in the Declaration of the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and to utilize the recommendations of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control in guiding the development of national and regional strategies and particularly bilateral, regional and international co-operative arrangements; urges Governments to provide additional resources for the UN Fund for Drug Abuse Control; requests the Secretary-General to review current information systems in the UN drug control units and to develop an information strategy and submit it to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its 33rd session, with a view to the creation of an information system integrating input from national, regional and international sources in a computerized data base; urges the Secretary-General to ensure continued inter-agency co-operation in implementing and reporting on activities related to the targets established in the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline; recommends that the Secretary-General convene a 2nd interregional meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies at an appropriate time following the adoption of the convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, with a view to promoting co-operation in the implementation of the convention.

Adopted without vote, 13th meeting

Adopted at the 13th plenary meeting, 25 May 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1st regular session of 1988, 3-27 May 1988. - E/1988/INF/5. - 27 June 1988. - p. 25-30. - Issued in ESCOR, 1988, Suppl. no. 1.