United Nations
A/RES/60/178
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 107
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 16 December 2005
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/60/511)]
60/178. International cooperation against the world drug problem
The General Assembly,
Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 1 its resolution 59/163 of
20 December 2004 and its other previous resolutions,
Welcoming the unwavering determination and commitment of Heads of State
and Government gathered at the 2005 World Summit, held in New York from 14 to
16 September 2005, as set out in the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 2 to overcome
the world drug problem through international cooperation and national strategies to
eliminate both the illicit supply of and demand for illicit drugs, and taking note of
the resolve they expressed to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime, within its existing mandates, to provide assistance to States in
those tasks upon request,
Reaffirming the Political Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its
twentieth special session 3 and the importance of meeting the objectives targeted for
2008, the joint ministerial statement adopted at the ministerial segment of the fortysixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 4 the Action Plan 5 for the
Implementation of the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand
Reduction 6 and the Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of
Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development, 7
Aware that significant progress continues to be made by Member States in
meeting the goals set for 2008 at the twentieth special session of the General
Assembly, as reflected in the biennial reports of the Executive Director of the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 8 taking note of the fact that the third
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1
See resolution 55/2.
See resolution 60/1.
3
Resolution S-20/2, annex.
4
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 8 (E/2003/28/Rev.1),
chap. I, sect. C; see also A/58/124, sect. II.A.
5
Resolution 54/132, annex.
6
Resolution S-20/3, annex.
7
Resolution S-20/4 E.
8
E/CN.7/2001/2 and Add.1–3, E/CN.7/2001/16 and E/CN.7/2003/2 and Add.1–6.
2
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