International Campaign Against Traffic in Drugs

A/RES/39/143View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 101 International campaign against traffic in drugs, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1982–1987

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/41/127

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1987	A/RES/41/127	International campaign against traffic in drugs	1,302	11%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/121	International campaign against traffic in drugs	1,301	25%Compare
1985	A/RES/39/143	International campaign against traffic in drugs	1,007	14%Compare
1984	A/RES/38/122	International campaign against traffic in drugs	393	6%Compare
1983	A/RES/37/198	International campaign against traffic in drugs	75	7%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Advisory Services Budget Contributions Conferences Drug Dependence Drug Production Drug Traffic International Cooperation Law Enforcement Narcotic Drugs Treaties

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;214 2.

Reiterates that urgent attention and highest priority should be given to the struggle against the illicit production of, demand for, use of and traffic in drugs;

Calls upon Member States that have not yet done so to ratify the international drug control treaties and, in the meantime, to make serious efforts to comply with the provisions thereof;

Reiterates the importance of integrated action, coordinated at the regional and international levels, and, for this purpose, requests the Secretary-General and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to step up efforts and initiatives designed to establish, on a continuing basis, co-ordinating machinery for law enforcement in regions where this does not yet exist;

Recommends that the highest priority be given to the preparation of specific technical and economic cooperation programmes for the countries most affected by the illicit production of and traffic in drugs and drug abuse;

Also recommends that appropriate priority be given to the adoption of measures designed to solve the specific problems of transit States through joint regional and interregional efforts;

Urges Member States with available resources and experience to increase their contributions for combating the illegal production of and illicit traffic in drugs and drug abuse, in particular in the countries most affected and where the problem is most serious;

Encourages Member States to contribute or to continue contributing to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control so as to enable it to increase its support of drug abuse control programmes;

Requests the Economic and Social Council, through the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, to consider the legal. institutional and social elements relevant to all aspects of combating drug trafficking, including the possibility of convening a specialized conference;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure that appropriate steps are taken to implement paragraph 5 (c)

of resolution 3 7 / 198 and that a meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies is convened in 1986;

I I. Also requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements for holding, within the framework of advisory services, interregional seminars to study the experience gained by the United Nations system, in particular by the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control, and by Member States in integrated rural development programmes for replacing illegal crops;

Calls upon the specialized agencies and all other relevant bodies of the United Nations system to participate actively in the implementation of the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fortieth session the item entitled "International campaign against traffic in drugs".

IOI st plenary meeting I 4 December I 984

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).

215 Resolution 217 A (III).

21 7 ,\!39 556 and Add. I 2 I 6 Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.

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