At its 40th plenary meeting, on 6 July 2017, the Economic and Social Council:
Took note of the report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on its sixtieth session;46 (a)
(b) Also took note of Commission decision 55/1 of 7 December 2012;47
(c) Approved the provisional agenda for the sixty-first session of the Commission as set out below:
1
Election of officers.
2
Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.
3
General debate.
Operational segment
4
Strategic management, budgetary and administrative questions:
a
Work of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;
b
Directives on policy and budgetary issues for the drug programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;
c
Working methods of the Commission;
d
Staff composition of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other related matters.
Normative segment
5
Implementation of the international drug control treaties:
a
Changes in the scope of control of substances;
b
Challenges and future work of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the World Health Organization in the review of substances for possible scheduling recommendations;
c
International Narcotics Control Board;
d
International cooperation to ensure the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances for medical and scientific purposes while preventing their diversion;
e
Other matters arising from the international drug control treaties.
6
Implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem:
a
Demandreduction and related measures;
b
Supply reduction and related measures;
c
Countering money-laundering and promoting judicial cooperation to enhance international cooperation.
7
Follow-up to the special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem held in 2016, including the seven thematic areas of the outcome document of the special session.
46 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2017, Supplement No. 8 (E/2017/28).
47 Ibid., 2012, Supplement No. 8A (E/2012/28/Add.1), chap. I, sect. B.
Inter-agency cooperation and coordination of efforts in addressing and countering the world drug problem.
9
Recommendations of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission.
10
Contributions by the Commission to the work of the Economic and Social Council, in line with General Assembly resolution 68/1, including follow-up to and review and implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Preparations for the ministerial segment
11
Preparations for the ministerial segment to be held during the sixty-second session of the Commission,
in 2019.
12
Provisional agenda for the sixty-second session of the Commission.
13
Other business.
14
Adoption of the report of the Commission on its sixty-first session.
