International cooperation against the world drug problem
A/RES/69/201
working towards the goal of universal access to comprehensive prevention
programmes and treatment, care and related support services, in full compliance
with the international drug control conventions and in accordance with national
legislation, taking into account all relevant General Assembly resolutions and, when
applicable, the revised technical guide for countries to set targets for universal
access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users, issued by the
World Health Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and requests the Office to carry out
its mandate in this area in close cooperation with relevant organizations and
programmes of the United Nations system, such as the World Health Organization,
the United Nations Development Programme and the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS;
13. Urges Member States, where appropriate, to develop national responses
to address the issue of drug-affected driving by, inter alia, exchanging information
and best practices on effective responses, including through engagement with the
international scientific and legal communities;
14. Notes with concern that the availability of internationally controlled
drugs for medical and scientific purposes, particularly for the relief of pain and for
palliative care, remains low to non-existent in many countries of the world, and
highlights the need for Member States, the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the
International Narcotics Control Board, in cooperation with the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization, as appropriate, to
address that situation by promoting measures to ensure their availability and
accessibility for medical and scientific purposes, in accordance with national
legislation, while simultaneously preventing their diversion, abuse and trafficking,
in order to realize the aims of the three international drug control conventions and
other relevant international instruments;
15. Urges all Member States to enact comprehensive measures aimed at
stemming the abuse of prescription drugs, in particular through the establishment of
awareness-raising initiatives targeting the general public and health-care providers;
16. Acknowledges the continuing efforts made and the progress achieved in
countering the world drug problem, notes with great concern the continuing illicit
production of and trafficking in opiates, the continuing illicit manufacture of and
trafficking in cocaine, the increasing illicit production of and trafficking in
cannabis, the ongoing global spread of the illicit manufacture of amphetamine-type
stimulants and the increasing diversion of precursors, as well as the related
distribution and use of illicit drugs, and stresses the need to strengthen and intensify
joint efforts at the national, regional and international levels to tackle those global
challenges in a more comprehensive manner, in accordance with the principle of
common and shared responsibility, including by means of enhanced and bettercoordinated technical and financial assistance;
17. Expresses its concern that, despite all the efforts of Member States and
the international community, and according to the World Drug Report 2014 of the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, overall the global situation with regard
to the prevalence of illicit drug use and problem drug use is generally stable, with
the total global number of drug users increasingly commensurate with the growth of
the world population;
18. Stresses that it is absolutely imperative for Member States to strengthen
international efforts in order to achieve more effective results in countering the
world drug problem;
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