Support for the National Drug Control Strategy of the Government of Afghanistan

Urges the Government of Afghanistan to maintain control of illicit drugs among its highest priorities, as stipulated in article 7 of the Afghan Constitution and in line with the National Drug Control Strategy, with a view to enhancing its efforts to combat illicit cultivation of opium poppy and trafficking in drugs; calls upon the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to strengthen its efforts, subject to the availability of extrabudgetary resources, to ensure that multilateral assistance is provided to Afghanistan in full support of its National Drug Control Strategy.

Adopted without vote, 41st plenary meeting

In : Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2006, New York, 17 Jan., 7 and 10 Feb., 14 and 22 Mar. and 8 May 2006; resumed organizational session for 2006, New York, 10 and 12 May 2006; substantive session of 2006, Geneva, 3-28 July 2006; resumed substantive session of 2006, New York, 11 Oct., 30 Nov. and 11 and 15 Dec. 2006 - E/2006/99 - p. 94-96 - (ESCOR, 2006, Suppl. no. 1).