A/RES/70/182
International cooperation against the world drug problem
public health and social impacts of drug abuse, aimed at promoting health and social
well-being among individuals, families and communities and reducing the adverse
consequences of drug abuse for individuals and society as a whole;
28. Invites Member States to take appropriate measures so as to strengthen
international cooperation and the exchange of information regarding the
identification of new routes and modi operandi of organized criminal groups
dedicated to the diversion or smuggling of substances frequently used in the illicit
manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, in particu lar with
respect to their trafficking via the Internet, and to continue to notify the
International Narcotics Control Board of such information;
29. Continues to encourage Member States to promote, in accordance with
Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution 58/11, the sharing of information on the
potential abuse of and trafficking in new psychoactive substances, as well as the
sharing of information with regard to patterns of use, risks to public health, forensic
data and best practices with respect to interventions and new and existing control
measures;
30. Recognizes the progress made in the development of a consolidated
international response to the increasing availability of new psychoactive substances
that may pose risks to public health and safety, including the development of a
global reference point, the early warning advisory and cooperation with Member
States and relevant regional organizations in the identification and reporting of such
substances, in order to increase data collection, improve co llective understanding
and find effective policy responses, requests the United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime to continue its efforts to enhance the capacity of Member States in this
regard, and calls upon Member States to further improve the applicati on of the
international scheduling process and to provide to the Secretary -General, through
the Office, and to the World Health Organization timely information, identifying a
national government focal point to coordinate the provision of information on
substances for effective review by the World Health Organization Expert Committee
on Drug Dependence;
31. Encourages Member States to take independent national measures and to
cooperate in judicial and law enforcement activities to tackle the manufacture and
distribution of new psychoactive substances and the diversion of their precursors,
including the possibility of scheduling these substances under the three international
drug control conventions;
32. Also encourages Member States to adopt measures to strengthen public
awareness of the risks and threats to and negative impacts on society posed by the
abuse and production of and trafficking in illicit drugs;
33.
Recognizes:
(a) That sustainable crop control strategies targeting the illicit cultivation of
crops used for the production of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances require
international cooperation based on the principle of shared responsibility and an
integrated and balanced approach, taking into account the rule of law and, where
appropriate, security concerns, 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;
(b) That such crop control strategies include alternative development and,
where appropriate, preventive alternative development programmes, eradication and
law enforcement measures;
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