United Nations
A/RES/59/163
General Assembly
Distr.: General
8 February 2005
Fifty-ninth session
Agenda item 97
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2004
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/59/495)]
59/163. International cooperation against the world drug problem
The General Assembly,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 its resolution 58/141 of
22 December 2003 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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