A/RES/55/65 I Respect for the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations and international law in countering the world drug problem 1. Reaffirms that countering the world drug problem is a common and shared responsibility which must be addressed in a multilateral setting, requiring an integrated and balanced approach, and must be carried out in full conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, and in particular with full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, the principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of States and all human rights and fundamental freedoms; 2. Calls upon all States to take further action to promote effective cooperation at the international and regional levels in the efforts to counter the world drug problem so as to contribute to a climate conducive to achieving that end, on the basis of the principles of equal rights and mutual respect; 3. Urges all States to ratify or accede to and implement all the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, 9 the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 8 and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of l988; 10 II International cooperation to counter the world drug problem 1. Welcomes the renewed commitment made in the United Nations Millennium Declaration 11 to counter the world drug problem; 2. Urges competent authorities, at the international, regional and national levels, to implement the outcome of the twentieth special session, within the agreed time frames, in particular the high-priority practical measures at the international, regional or national level, as indicated in the Political Declaration,1 the Action Plan 2 for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction 3 and the measures to enhance international cooperation to counter the world drug problem, 4 including the Action Plan against Illicit Manufacture, Trafficking and Abuse of Amphetamine-type Stimulants and Their Precursors, 12 the measures to prevent the illicit manufacture, import, export, trafficking, distribution and diversion of precursors used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, 13 the measures to promote judicial cooperation, 14 the measures to counter money-laundering 15 and the Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development;6 9 Ibid., vol. 976, No. 14152. See Official Records of the United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, Vienna, 25 November–20 December 1988, vol. I (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.94.XI.5). 11 See resolution 55/2. 12 Resolution S-20/4 A. 13 See resolution S-20/4 B. 14 Resolution S-20/4 C. 15 Resolution S-20/4 D. 10 4

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