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on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on
Alternative Development;
13. Encourages States to open their markets to products that are the object of
alternative development programmes, and which are necessary for the creation of
employment and the eradication of poverty;
14. Calls upon States, the international community, international organizations,
regional organizations, international financial institutions and regional development
banks to support the implementation of the Action Plan on International Cooperation on
the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development by States
affected by illicit crop cultivation to enable them to apply fully measures for drug
eradication and sustainable alternative development;
15. Encourages States further to cooperate through bilateral, regional and
multilateral means to avoid displacement of illicit drug crop cultivation from one
area, region or country to another;
16. Calls upon all States to report biennially to the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs on their efforts to meet the goals and targets for 2003 and 2008, as set out in
the Political Declaration adopted at the special session, in accordance with the terms
established in the guidelines adopted by the Commission at its forty-second and
forty-fourth sessions;
17. Welcomes the decision of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to submit a
report to the General Assembly in 2003 and 2008 19 on the progress achieved in
meeting the goals and targets set out in the Political Declaration;
18. Encourages the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the International
Narcotics Control Board to continue their useful work on the control of precursors
and other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances;
19. Calls upon the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to continue
mainstreaming a gender perspective into all its policies, programmes and activities,
and requests the Secretariat to continue integrating a gender perspective into all
documentation prepared for the Commission;
20. Recalls the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and
Beyond adopted by the General Assembly on 14 December 1995, 20 notes with
satisfaction the commitment of young people to a drug-free society made at various
forums, and stresses the importance of young people continuing to contribute their
experiences and to participate in the decision-making processes and, in particular,
putting into effect the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the
Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction;
21. Urges all States to assign priority to activities aimed at preventing drug
and inhalant abuse among children and young people, inter alia, through the promotion
of information and education programmes aimed at raising awareness of the risks of
drug abuse with a view to giving effect to the Action Plan for the Implementation of the
Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction;
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19
Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1999, Supplement No. 8 (E/1999/28/Rev.1), part
two, chap. I, resolution 42/11, para. 8.
20
Resolution 50/81, annex.
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