A/RES/70/182
International cooperation against the world drug problem
conventions and give adequate follow-up to subsequent resolutions of the
Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Economic and Social Council and the General
Assembly, including for the strengthening of regulatory authorities and controls,
provision of information and fulfilment of reporting requirements, and urges donors
to contribute to the Office for those purposes;
50. Takes note of the resolutions adopted by the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs at its fifty-eighth session, 11 the 2014 report of the International Narcotics
Control Board 21 and the recommendations contained therein and the World Drug
Report 2015, and calls upon Member States to strengthen international and regional
cooperation and coordination to counter the threat to the international community
caused by the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, especially those in the
opium group, as well as other aspects of the world drug problem, and to continue to
take concerted measures within the framework of the Paris Pact 22 and other relevant
regional and international initiatives and mechanisms, such as the Istanbul Process
on Regional Security and Cooperation for a Secure and Stable Afghanistan, 23 also
known as the “Heart of Asia” initiative, in order to strengthen cross -border
cooperation and information exchange, with a view to countering drug trafficking,
with the support of the United Nations Office on Dr ugs and Crime and other
international and regional organizations;
51. Urges Member States to continue to actively cooperate with the
International Narcotics Control Board in the exercise of its mandate, and reiterates
the need to ensure that an appropriate level of resources is made available to the
Board to enable it to engage with Governments to effectively monitor compliance
by States parties with the three international drug control conventions;
52. Emphasizes the important role that civil society plays, in particular
non-governmental organizations, in addressing the world drug problem, notes with
appreciation their important contributions, and notes that representatives of affected
populations and civil society entities, where appropriate, should be e nabled to play a
participatory role in the formulation and implementation of drug demand and supply
reduction policy;
53. Encourages Member States to ensure that civil society plays a
participatory role, where appropriate, through consultation in the deve lopment and
implementation of drug control programmes and policies, in particular with regard
to aspects of demand reduction;
54. Encourages the continued contribution of the meetings of Heads of
National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies and of the Subcommis sion on Illicit Drug
Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East of the Commission on
Narcotic Drugs to the strengthening of regional and international cooperation, and
in this regard welcomes the discussions conducted in Brussels from 22 to 25 June
2015, Algiers from 14 to 18 September 2015, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, from 5 to
9 October 2015, Bangkok from 19 to 22 October 2015 and Abu Dhabi from 8 to
12 November 2015;
55. Welcomes the ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation in addressing the
world drug problem and to seek effectiveness and comprehensiveness in the
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21
International Narcotics Control Board, document E/INCB/2014/1.
See S/2003/641, annex.
23
A/66/601-S/2011/767, annex.
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