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Deeply alarmed by the violence and economic power of criminal organizations
and terrorist groups engaged in drug trafficking and other criminal activities, such as
money-laundering and illicit traffic in arms, precursors and essential chemicals, and
by the increasing transnational links between them, and recognizing the urgent need
for enhanced international cooperation and implementation of effective strategies on
the basis of the outcome of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly,
which are essential to achieving results against all forms of transnational criminal
activities,
Noting with grave concern the rapid and widespread increase, and the
involvement of minors, in the illicit production of, trafficking in and consumption of
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including amphetamine-type stimulants
and other sorts of synthetic drugs, as well as in the number of children and young
people starting to use drugs at an earlier age and having access to substances not
previously used,
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, 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, 6
Welcoming the adoption on 15 March 2002 of Commission on Narcotic Drugs
resolution 45/7 on the preparations for the ministerial-level segment of its fortysixth session, 7 with the main theme of the assessment of the progress achieved and
the difficulties encountered in meeting the goals and targets set out in the Political
Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session,
Emphasizing the importance of the Action Plan for the Implementation of the
Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction, 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, 8 which recognizes the importance of supply reduction as an integral
part of a balanced drug control strategy,
Recognizing the efforts of all countries, in particular those that produce
narcotic drugs for scientific and medical purposes, and of the International
Narcotics Control Board in preventing the diversion of such substances to illicit
markets and in maintaining production at a level consistent with licit demand, in
line with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of l961 9 and the Convention on
Psychotropic Substances of 1971, 10
Recognizing also that the illicit production of and trafficking in narcotic drugs
and psychotropic substances is often related to the economic development level of
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6
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 8 (E/1999/28/Rev.1), part
two, chap. I, resolution 42/11, annex; and ibid., 2001, Supplement No. 8 (E/2001/28/Rev.1), chap. I,
sect. C, resolution 44/2.
7
Ibid., 2002, Supplement No. 8 and corrigenda (E/2002/28 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. I, sect. C.
8
Resolution S-20/4 E.
9
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 520, No. 7515.
10
Ibid., vol. 1019, No. 14956.
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