Control of cultivation of and trafficking in cannabis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2004
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SymbolA/RES/59/160
TitleControl of cultivation of and trafficking in cannabis : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
AccessEnglish: A_RES_59_160-EN - PDF ; Español: A_RES_59_160-ES - PDF ; Français: A_RES_59_160-FR - PDF ; Other: A_RES_59_160-DE - PDF ; Русский: A_RES_59_160-RU - PDF ; العربية: A_RES_59_160-AR - PDF ; 中文: A_RES_59_160-ZH - PDF ;
Summary
Urges Member States, in accordance with the principle of shared responsibility and as a sign of their commitment to the fight against illicit drugs, to extend cooperation to affected States, particularly in Africa, in the area of alternative development, including funding for research into crops offering viable alternatives to cannabis, environmental protection and technical assistance; urges all Member States to encourage appropriate access to international markets for products of alternative development projects in order to support efforts aimed at eliminating the production of narcotic drugs and promoting sustainable development; calls upon all States to ensure strict compliance with all the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, that Convention as amended by the 1972 Protocol, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and the UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988; requests the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to report to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its 48th session on the implementation of the present resolution.
Action note2004-12-20
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 74th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.3/59/L.10
Committee reportA/59/495
Meeting record
A/59/PV.74
Agenda information
A/59/251 97 International drug control. NARCOTIC DRUGS
Date[New York] : UN, 8 Feb. 2005
Description
2 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.