International cooperation against the world drug problem A/RES/70/182 to increasing knowledge about the world drug problem at the national, regional and international levels, recognizes the importance of integrating laboratories and providing scientific support to drug control frameworks and of treating quality analytical data as a primary source of information worldwide, a nd urges coordination with other international entities, including the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL); 44. Requests all Member States to provide the fullest possible financial and political support to the United Nations Office on Dr ugs and Crime by widening its donor base, as appropriate, and increasing voluntary contributions, in particular general purpose contributions, so as to enable it to continue, expand, improve and strengthen, within its mandates, its operational and technica l cooperation activities, including with a view to assisting Member States with the full implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, as well as with the full implementation of relevant resolutions adopted by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs; 45. Expresses concern regarding the overall financial situation of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, emphasizes the need to provid e the Office with adequate, predictable and stable resources and to ensure their cost -effective utilization, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to report, within existing reporting obligations, on the financial situation of the Office and to co ntinue to ensure that the Office has sufficient resources to carry out its mandates fully and effectively; 46. Encourages Member States and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to address the above-mentioned issues within the mandate of the standing open-ended intergovernmental working group on improving the governance and financial situation of the Office in order for the Office to fulfil its mandate effectively, efficiently and with the appropriate resources; 47. Encourages the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as the principal policymaking organ of the United Nations on matters of international drug control and as the governing body of the drug programme of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and the International Narcotics Control Board to strengthen their useful work on the control of precursors and other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; 48. Urges States that have not done so to consider ratifying or acceding to, and States parties to implement, as a matter of priority, all the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, 13 the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, 14 the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto 19 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption; 20 49. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to provide, in close collaboration with the International Narcotics Control Board, as may be appropriate, adequate support and technical assistance to Governments in all regions so as to enable them to implement and fully meet their obligations under _______________ 19 20 United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574. Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146. 13/16