Declaration on the Control of Drug Trafficking and Drug Abuse

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

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4 subjects

Declarations (Text)Drug Dependence Drug Traffic Narcotic Drugs

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Adopts the Declaration set forth in the annex to the present resolution.

IOI st plenary meeting

14 December 1984

Declaration on the Control of Dru11 Traffickin11 and Dru11 Abuse

Bearing in mind that the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations reaffirm faith in the dignity and worth of the human person and promote social progress and hetter standards of life in larger freedom and internat10nal co-operation in solving problems ofan economic, social. cultural or humanitarian character,

( ·ons1dering that Member States have undertaken in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights209 to promote social progress and better standards of life for the peoples of the world,

Considering that the international community has expressed grave concern at the fact that trafficking in narcotics and drug abuse constitute an obstacle to the physical and moral well-being of peoples and of youth in particular,

Dewing to heighten the awareness of the international community of the urgency of preventing and punishing the illicit demand for, abuse of and illicit production of and traffic in drugs,

C ·ons1derrng that the Quito Declaration against Traffic in Narcotic Drugs of 11 August 1984205 and the New York Declaration against Drug Trafficking and the Illicit Use of Drugs of I October 1984206 recognize the international nature of this problem and emphasize that it should be solved with the firm support of the entire international community,

( 'ons1derinx that the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the International Narcotics Control Board and the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control have made valuable contributions to the control and elimination of drug trafficking and drug abuse,

Recognizing that existing international instruments, including the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961. as amended by the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Dru~s of 1961,207 and the Convenuon on Psychotropic Substances of 1971,2 8 have created a legal framework for combating trafficking in narcotic drugs and drug abuse in their specialized fields.

Drug trafficking and drug abuse are extremely serious problems which. owing to their magnitude, scope and widespread pernicious effects, have become an international criminal activity demanding urgent attention and maximum priority.

The illegal production of, illicit demand for, abuse of and illicit trafficking m drugs impede economic and social progress, constitute a grave threat to the security and development of many countries and peoples and should be combated b} all moral, legal and institutional means, at the nallonal. regional and international levels_

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Article 11 Article I 2 Article lJ Article 14 Article 15 Article 16 Article 17 l he General Assembly,

Declares that: 2.

The eradication of trafficking in narcotic drugs is the collective responsibility of all States, especially those affected by problems relating to illicit production, trafficking or abuse. 4.

States Members shall utilize the legal instruments against the illicit production of and demand for_ abuse of and illicit traffic in drugs and adopt additional measures to counter new manifestations of this shameful and heinous crime.

States Members undertake to intensify efforts and to co-ordinate strategies aimed at the control and eradication of the complex problem of drug trafficking and drug abuse through programmes including economic. social and cultural alternatives.

21 0 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1981, Supple- 212 A/39/407, annex ment No. 4 (E/1981/24), annex II.

21 3A/39!551 and C\,rr.l and 2, annex.

2 I I O.fficial Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Supple- 214 A/39/194. ment No. l (A/39/1).

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