Measures to improve co-ordination and co-operation in the international struggle against illegal production of drugs, illicit drug traffic and drug abuse — A/RES/38/93 | UN Mandate Registry
Measures to Improve Co-Ordination and Co-Operation in the International Struggle Against Illegal Production of Drugs, Illicit Drug Traffic and Drug Abuse
InvitesMember States to make generous contributions to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control to enable the Fund further to improve and strengthen its activities to reduce thc illicit supply oí, traffic in and demand for narcotic drugs:
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Ca/Is upon donor countries to allocate an appropriatc portian of thcir devclopment aid rcsources to programmcs aimed at the reduction of illegal production of drugs and to the devclopmcnt of programmes to control drug abuse and drug traffic in thc developing countries;
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( 'a/Is upo11 producing countries to identify suitable projects for possiblc presentation to the Fund, to the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmcs of the lJnited Nations system and to international and regional financing institutions;
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l'rges thc specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes of the United Nations system and other international organizations concerned with assistance to developing countries to initiate and continue, as a mattcr of priority, within thcir respective fields and within existing budgetary resources or through voluntarily contrihuted funds, activitics to hclp developing countries to take thc necessary steps to stop the illcgal cultivation and
production of and trafficking in drugs. in consultation with and incorporating the experience of the Fund:
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Invitesintcmational financing institutions to consider giving financia! support to activitics in producing countrics with a view to stopping the cultivation and production of illicit drugs, and calls upon Member Statcs to encourage regional financing institutions to support such projects;
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Urgesthe specialized agencies and other organizations and programmcs of the United Nations system to identify special drug control activities in their respective fields and to accord higher priority to drug control activities in their programme budgets;
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Requcsts the Secrctary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session. through the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Economic and Social Council, on the drug control activities carried out by the specialized agencies and other organizations and programmes concerned. pursuant to the present resolution;
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A/so requcsts the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to improve the co-ordination of drug control activities within the United Nations system and among Member States, the specialized agencies and programmes and other international and regional organs and organizations involved in drug control activities, with due consideration for the respective jurisdietions of those hodics, so as to avoid duplication of efforts in this field;
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Furthcr rcquests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on measures to improve co-operation and co-ordination of drug control activities within the United Nations system. in the light of the intergovernmental review of drug control to be undertaken by the Committee for Programme and Coordination at its twenty-fifth session.
