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purposes and to cooperate in preventing the proliferation of sources of production of
opiate raw materials;
12. Welcomes the adoption by the Transitional Government of Afghanistan of
a national drug strategy, and notes the need for continued coordination with the
international efforts;
13. Recommends that adequate help be provided to Afghanistan within the
framework of the comprehensive international strategy, carried out, inter alia, under
the auspices of the United Nations and through other multilateral forums, in support
of the commitment of the Transitional Government of Afghanistan, including the
strengthening of “security belts” in the region, and reaffirms that the response to this
unique situation will not detract from the commitments and resources devoted to the
fight against drugs in other parts of the world;
III
Action by the United Nations system
1.
Emphasizes that the multidimensional nature of the world drug problem
calls for the promotion of integration and coordination of drug control activities
throughout the United Nations system, including in the follow-up to major United
Nations conferences, as well as other relevant multilateral institutions and
organizations;
Reaffirms its resolve to continue to strengthen the United Nations
2.
machinery for international drug control, in particular the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs, the United Nations International Drug Control Programme and the
International Narcotics Control Board, in order to enable them to fulfil their
mandates, bearing in mind the recommendations contained in Economic and Social
Council resolution 1999/30 of 28 July 1999 and the measures taken and
recommendations adopted by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its forty-fourth,
forty-fifth and forty-sixth sessions, aimed at the enhancement of its functioning, in
particular in its resolutions 44/16 of 29 March 2001, 15 45/17 of 15 March 2002 16 and
46/8 of 15 April 2003; 17
3.
Encourages the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as the global
coordinating body in international drug control and as the governing body of the
United Nations International Drug Control Programme, and the International
Narcotics Control Board to continue their useful work on the control of precursors
and other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances;
Notes that the International Narcotics Control Board needs sufficient
4.
resources to carry out all its mandates, and therefore urges Member States to commit
themselves in a common effort to assigning adequate and sufficient budgetary
resources to the Board, in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution
1996/20 of 23 July 1996, and emphasizes the need to maintain its capacity, inter
alia, through the provision of appropriate means by the Secretary-General and
adequate technical support by the United Nations International Drug Control
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15
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2001, Supplement No. 8 (E/2001/28/Rev.1),
chap. I, sect. C.
16
Ibid., 2002, Supplement No. 8 and corrigenda (E/2002/28 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. I, sect. C.
17
Ibid., 2003, Supplement No. 8 (E/2003/28), chap. I, sect. C.
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