A/RES/54/132
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IV
ACTION BY THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM
1. Reaffirms the role of the Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control
Programme in coordinating and providing effective leadership for all United Nations drug control activities
so as to increase cost-effectiveness and ensure coherence of action, as well as coordination, complementarity
and non-duplication of such activities throughout the United Nations system;
2. Emphasizes that the multidimensional nature of the world drug problem calls for the promotion of
integration and coordination of drug control activities throughout the United Nations system, including in
the follow-up to major United Nations conferences;
3. Invites Governments and the United Nations International Drug Control Programme to attach high
priority to the improvement of the coordination of United Nations activities related to the world drug problem
so as to avoid duplication of such activities, strengthen efficiency and accomplish the goals approved by
Governments;
4. Urges the specialized agencies, programmes and funds, including humanitarian organizations, and
invites multilateral financial institutions, to include action against the world drug problem in their
programming and planning processes in order to ensure that the integral and balanced strategy which
emerged from the special session devoted to countering the world drug problem together is being addressed;
V
UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME
1. Welcomes the efforts of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme to implement
its mandate within the framework of the international drug control treaties, the Comprehensive
Multidisciplinary Outline of Future Activities in Drug Abuse Control,17 the Global Programme of Action,13
the outcome of the special session of the General Assembly devoted to countering the world drug problem
together and relevant consensus documents;
2. Expresses its appreciation to the Programme for the support provided to different States in meeting
the objectives of the Global Programme of Action and of the special session, especially in cases where
significant and anticipated progress was achieved regarding the objectives targeted for 2003 and 2008;
3.
Requests the United Nations International Drug Control Programme to continue:
(a) To strengthen cooperation with Member States and with United Nations programmes, funds and
relevant agencies, as well as other relevant regional organizations and agencies and non-governmental
organizations, and to provide, on request, assistance in implementing the outcome of the special session;
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See Report of the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Vienna, 17–26 June
1987 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.87.I.18), chap. I, sect. A.
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