A/RES/68/197 United Nations Distr.: General 18 February 2014 General Assembly Sixty-eighth session Agenda item 109 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2013 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/68/458)] 68/197. International cooperation against the world drug problem The General Assembly, Reaffirming the Political Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session, 1 the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction, 2 the Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development, 3 the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction, 4 the joint ministerial statement adopted at the ministerial segment of the forty-sixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs 5 and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development, 6 Reaffirming also the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, 7 adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, and calling upon States to take the measures necessary to fully implement the actions set out therein, with a view to attaining, in a timely manner, their goals and targets, Recalling its resolution 53/115 of 9 December 1998, in which it urged Governments, the relevant United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and other international organizations to assist and support, upon request, transit States, in particular developing countries in need of such assistance and support, aiming at enhancing their capacity to fight the illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, _______________ 1 Resolution S-20/2, annex. Resolution S-20/3, annex. 3 Resolution S-20/4 E. 4 Resolution 54/132, annex. 5 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 8 (E/2003/28/Rev.1), chap. I, sect. C. 6 Resolution 68/196, annex. 7 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2009, Supplement No. 8 (E/2009/28), chap. I, sect. C. 2 13-45127 (E) *1345127* Please recycle

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