Requeststhe Secretary-General, with the assisttion among nations directly concerned, in order to ance of the Division of Narcotic Drugs, to provide the wage an all-out effort against the abuse of and illicit necessary financial and technical assistance from the traffic in narcotic drugs;
United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control to those countries which require it in order to establish and
2
Notes that unincised poppy cultivation and the use of the straw process for harvesting have been weldevelop the poppy straw process and other techniques of control of illicit traffic; comed by the United Nations as one of the means of production, depending on the social and economic
5
Also requeststhe Secretary-General to consult considerations of different countries, which lends itself with the United Nations Development Programme and to more effective control of illicit traffic when accomthe international financial institutions to that effect, panied by efficient and effective enforcement procewhich will make possible a more effective fight against dures;
the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs.
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Invitesthe Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remain seized of the technical and economic aspects of 231 Ith plenary meeting the poppy straw process;
JO December 1974
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Other decisions
Report of the Economic and Social Council (Item 12)
At its 2311th plenary meeting, on 10 December 1974, the General Assembly,
on the recommendation of the Third Committee,,;0 decided that the Chairman of the Third Committee should be invited to participate as an observer in the work of the Consultative Committee for the Conference of the International Women's Year, on the understanding that the costs for this participation would be met from the fund for voluntary contributions for the International Women's Year. 61 Freedom of information (Item 57i
At its 2311th plenary meeting, on 10 December 1974, the General Assembly,
on the recommendation of the Third Committee,62 decided to include in the provisional agenda of its thirtieth session the item entitled "Freedom of information".
Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Sodal and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Ri!?;hts and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Item 58)
At its 2311th plenary meeting, on 10 December 1974, the General Assembly took note of the understanding set forth in paragraph 8 of the report of the Third Committee,63 relating to paragraph 4 of resolution 3270 (XXIX).
United Nations conference for an international convention on adoption law (Item 61)
At its 2311th plenary meeting, on l O December 1974, the General Assembly,
on the recommendation of the Third Committee,64 decided to include in the
'"' Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Sessio11, A11nexes, agenda item 12, document A/9829/Add.1, para. 38.
t:1 See resolution 3277 (XXIX).
~~ Of]icwl Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Annexes, agenda item 57, document A/9934, para. 9.
the following Member States: AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, FRANCE, GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, INDIA, IRAN, JA. MAICA, JAPAN, JORDAN, MEXICO, NIGER, PHILIPPINES, ROMANIA, RWANDA, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, SWEDEN, TUNISIA, UNION
OF SOVIET SoCIALIST REPUBLICS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and VENEZUELA.
