A/RES/60/178 (i) To provide technical assistance, from available voluntary contributions for that purpose, to those States identified by relevant international bodies as the most affected by the transit of drugs, in particular developing countries in need of such assistance and support; (j) To provide assistance, at the request of States and respecting fully their sovereignty and territorial integrity, in monitoring illicit crop cultivation and in detecting on time its emergence or relocation; Welcomes also the follow-up, led by the United Nations Office on Drugs 6. and Crime, to the 2003 Paris Conference on Drug Routes from Central Asia to Europe (the Paris Pact), 17 encourages the Office and other relevant international institutions to continue their efforts, and encourages the Office to develop similar strategies in other regions for countries affected by the transit of illicit drugs through their territory; Takes note of the outcome of the “Thematic debate on drug abuse 7. prevention, treatment and rehabilitation: (a) Community capacity-building; (b) Preventing HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases in the context of drug abuse prevention”, held by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its forty-eighth session; 18 8. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, subject to the availability of resources and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs guidelines for the use of general-purpose funds, 19 together with international financial institutions and the organizations involved in preventing and suppressing money-laundering and drug trafficking, to facilitate the provision of training and advice through technical cooperation in States, when requested, taking into account, inter alia, the recommendations on money-laundering and the financing of terrorism formulated by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering and its regional groups; Urges all Governments to provide the fullest possible financial and 9. political support to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime by widening its donor base and increasing voluntary contributions, in particular general-purpose contributions, to enable it to continue, expand and strengthen its operational and technical cooperation activities, and recommends that a sufficient share of the regular budget of the United Nations be allocated to the Office to enable it to carry out its mandates and to work towards securing assured and predictable funding; 10. Encourages the meetings of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies and of the Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to continue to contribute to the strengthening of regional and international cooperation, taking into account the outcome of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly and of the ministerial segment of the forty-sixth session of the Commission;4 11. Calls upon the relevant United Nations agencies and entities, other international organizations and international financial institutions, including regional development banks, to mainstream drug control issues into their _______________ 17 See S/2003/641. See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 8 (E/2005/28/Rev.1), chap. II. 19 Ibid., 2001, Supplement No. 8 (E/2001/28/Rev.1), part two, chap. I, resolution 44/20, annex. 18 9

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