Mass Exoduses

Invites all Governments to collaborate closely with the International Narcotics Control Board, the Division of Narcotic Drugs and the other relevant bodies in the United Nations system, particularly by supplying them with the necessary information so th~t they may fulfil their tasks both pursuant to the_ provisions of the narcotics conventions and in accordance with their purposes;

Urges all States to take suitable steps to implement Economic and Social Council resolutions 1979 /8 of 9 May 1979 and 1980 /20 of 30 April 1980 with a view to achieving and maintaining a lasting balance between demand and supply of opiates and avoiding the possibility of diversion of licit production to illicit channels;

Invites States concerned to take appropriate measures to discourage the powerful economic interests which are propagating a false and deceitful image of drug use with the aim of increasing the number of drug abusers and legalizing the abuse;

Calls upon all States to co-operate in a suitable fashion to prevent the uncontrolled or illicit cultivation, production, export, import, transit and consumption of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, and to take suitable measures to prevent the misuse of chemical substances for the production of drugs;

Calls upon the Commission on Narcotic Drugs_to present, at its thirtieth regular session, the completed mternational programme for drug abuse control so that such a comprehensive, co-ordinated global strategy may be translated at the earliest possible date into actions

Requests the Commission on Human Rights to examine the report of the Secretary-General to be submitted to it at its thirty-seventh session and, on the basis of that report, to make recommendations for further action;