United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/141 Distr.: General 10 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 109 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2003 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/58/500)] 58/141. International cooperation against the world drug problem The General Assembly, Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 its resolution 57/174 of 18 December 2002 and its other previous resolutions, Reaffirming its commitment to the outcome of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly, devoted to countering the world drug problem together, held in New York from 8 to 10 June 1998, and welcoming the continuing determination of Governments to overcome the world drug problem by a full and balanced application of national, regional and international strategies to reduce the demand for, production of and trafficking in illicit drugs, Reaffirming the importance of the commitments of Member States in meeting the objectives targeted for 2003 and 2008, as set out in the Political Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at the twentieth special session, 2 and welcoming the guidelines and elements recommended by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to the Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme for the preparation of subsequent reports on the follow-up to the twentieth special session, 3 Emphasizing the importance of the Action Plan 4 for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction, 5 which introduces a new global approach balanced between illicit supply and demand reduction, under the principle of shared responsibility, and of the Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development, 6 which recognizes the importance of supply reduction as an integral part of a balanced drug control strategy, _______________ 1 See resolution 55/2. Resolution S-20/2, annex. 3 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 8 (E/1999/28/Rev.1), part two, chap. I, resolution 42/11; and ibid., 2001, Supplement No. 8 (E/2001/28/Rev.1), chap. I, sect. C, resolution 44/2. 4 Resolution 54/132, annex. 5 Resolution S-20/3, annex. 6 Resolution S-20/4 E. 2 03 50304

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