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,
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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
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