International Campaign Against Traffic in Drugs

A/RES/41/127View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100 International campaign against traffic in drugs, published in 1987.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 1982–1987

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?

17 subjects

Advisory Services Andean Region Budget Contributions Conferences Crop Substitution Drug Control Drug Dependence Drug Legislation Drug Production Drug Traffic Information Exchange International Cooperation Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic Substances Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Treaties Working Groups

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Condemns unequivocally drug trafficking in ali its illicit forms-production, processing, marketing and consumption-as a criminal activity and requests ali States to pledge their political will in a concerted and universal struggle to achieve its complete and final elimination;

Urges States to acknowledge that they share responsibility for combating the problem of illicit consumption, production and transit and therefore to encourage mutual collaboration in the struggle against drug trafficking, in accordance with the relevant international and national norms;

Calls upon ali States to adopt appropriate preventive and/or punitive measures of a political, legal, economic and cultural nature so as to bring about social awareness of the pernicious effects of illicit drug use, and individual and collective rejection of ali kinds of practices that facilitate such illegal use;

/ n vites Sta tes to use ali possible means to discourage practices and domestic and foreign interests that promote the increased illicit production and consumption of drugs;

Urges the Governments of countries facing problems of drug abuse, particularly those most seriously affected, as part of their national strategy, to give priority to funding programmes that aim to create in society a deep respect for its own health, fitness and well-being and, taking into account cultural and social factors, to provide appropriate information and advice for ali sectors of their communities with regard to drug abuse, its harmful effects and the ways in which appropriate community action can be promoted;

Recommends that concerted efforts be made to promote co-operation and co-ordination among States, particularly in the areas of communications and training, with a view to alleviating the problems associated with illicit transit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;

Recommends a/so that the Economic and Social Council request the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to consider convening, within available resources, a sessional working group to facilita te the exchange of information on experience gained by States in combating the illicit transit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;

Encourages Member States and the relevant bodies ofthe United Nations system, subject to observance ofthe principies of national sovereignty and jurisdiction, to provide economic assistance and technical co-operation to the developing cóuntries most affected by the illicit production of, traffic in and use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, in order to combat this problem;

Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General ofthe United Nations and to the Secretary-General ofthe International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking for their valuable efforts in implementing General Assembly resolution 40/122;

Acknowledges the work ofbodies ofthe United Nations system, in particular the drug-control bodies, in assisting efforts and initiatives designed to increase international co-operation, and recommends that this work be intensified;

Takes note of the recommendations of the first Interregional Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies1º7 and requests, in the light of comments from Govemments and United Nations bodies, that they be considered by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its thirty-second session, so that the specific measures required for their implementation may be identified with a view to their inclusion, for possible adoption, in the report to be submitted to the Economic and Social Council at its next session;

Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to continue to make the necessary arrangements for holding, within the framework of advisory services, interregional seminars on the experience gained within the United Nations system in integrated rural development programmes that include the substitution of surplus and/or illegal crops in affected areas, including the Andean region;

Invites ali States that have not already done so to become parties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and, in the mean time, to endeavour to comply with the provisions of these instruments;

Acknowledges the vital role played by the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control and calls upon Member States to contribute and/or increase their contributions to the Fund;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its forty-second session on the implementation ofthe present resolution under the item entitled "Intemational campaign against traffic in drugs".

103 Resolution 39/142, annex.. 104 A/39/407, annex.. 105 A/39/551 and Corr.1 and 2, annex.. 106 A/40/544, annex.. 101 See A/41/559, para. 10. 108 See Officia/ Records of the Economic a11d Social Council. 1986. Supp/ement No. 3 (E/1986/23), chap. X, sect. A. 109 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 976, No. 14152, p. 106. 110 [bid., vol. 1019, No. 14956, p. 176.

VI.

Declaration on the Right to Development

The General Assembly,

Bearing in mind the purposes and principies of the Charter of the United Nations relating to the achievement ofinternational co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian nature, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for ali without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,

Recognizing that development is a comprehensive economic, social, cultural and political process, which aims at the constant improvement ofthe well-being ofth~ entire population and of ali individuals on the basis of their active, free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of benefits resulting therefrom,

Considering that under the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights2 everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in that Declaration can be fully realized,

Recalling the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights22 and of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 22 Reca/ling further the relevan! agreements, conventions, resolutions, recommendations and other instruments of the United Nations and its specialized agencies concerning the integral development of the human being, economic and social progress and development of ali peoples, including those instruments concerning decolonization, the preventíon of discrimination, respect for and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms, the maintenance of international peace and security and the further promotion of friendly relations and co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter,

Recalling the right ofpeoples to self-determination, by virtue ofwhich they have the right freely to determine their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural development,

Reco/ling a/so the right of peoples to exercise, subject to the relevant provisions ofboth International Covenants on Human Rights,24 full and complete sovereignty over ali their natural wealth and resources,

Mindful of the obligation of States under the Charter to promote universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for ali without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,

Considering that the elimination of the massive and flagran! violation, of the human rights of the peoples and individuals alfected by situation, such as those resulting from colonialism, neo-colonialism, apartheid, ali forms of racism and racial discrimination, foreign domination and occupation, aggression and thrcat, against national sovereignty, national General Assembly-Forty-ftrst Sesslon

unity and territorial integrity and threats of war would con tribute to the establishment of circumstances propitious to the development of a great part of mankind,

Concerned at the existence of serious obstacles to development, as well as to the complete fulfilment of human beings and of peoples, constituted, in ter alia, by the denial of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, and considering that ali human rights and fundamental freedoms are indivisible and interdependent and that, in order to promote development, equal attention and urgent consideration should be given to the implementation, promotion and protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and that, accordingly, the promotion of, respect for and enjoyment of certain human rights and fundamental freedoms cannol justify the denial of other human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Considering that international peace and security are essential elements for the realization of the right to development,

Reaffirming that there is a close relationship between disarmament and development and that progress in the field of disarmament would considerably promote progress in the field of development and that resources released through disarmament measures should be devoted to the economic and social development and well-being of ali peoples and, in particular, those of the developing countries,

Recognizing that the human person is the central subject of the development process and that development policy should therefore make the human being the main participan! and beneficiary of development,

Recognizing that the creation of conditions favourable to the development of peoples and individuals is the primary responsibility of their States,

A ware that efforts at the international leve! to promote and protect human rights should be accompanied by efforts to establish a new international economic order,

Confirming that the right to development is an inalienable human right and that equality of opportunity for development is a prerogative both of nations and of individuals who make up nations,

Proclaims the following Declaration on the Right to Development:

Artic/e I L The right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and ali peoples are entitled to participate in, con tribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which ali human rights and fundamental freedoms can be

fully realized.

The human right to development also implies the full realization of the right of peoples to self-determination, which includes, subject to the relevan! provisions of both International Covenants on Human Rights, 24 the exercise of their inalienable right to full sovereignty over ali their natural wealth and resources.

Article 2 1.

The human person is the central subject of development and should be the active participan! and beneficiary of the right to development.

Ali human beings have a responsibility for development, individually and collectively, taking into account the need for full respect for their human rights and fundamental freedoms as well as their duties to the community, which alone can ensure the free and complete fulfilment of the human being, and they should therefore promote and protect an appropriate political, social and economic order for development.

States have the right and the duty to formulate appropriate na- 3. tional development policies that aim al !he constan! improvement of the well-being of the entire population and of ali individuals, on the basis of their active, free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of the benefits resulting therefrom.

Arride 3 L States have the primary responsibility for the creation of national and international conditions favourable to the realization of the right to development.

The realization of the right to development requires full respect for the principies of international law concerning friendly rclations and co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter nf the United Nation,.

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