Strengthening the United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice programme, in particular its technical cooperation capacity A/RES/70/178 Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 17 the entry into force in 2005 of the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnationa l Organized Crime, 18 and the entry into force in 2014 of the Arms Trade Treaty, 19 Reaffirming the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem 20 adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session, and the joint ministerial statement of the 2014 high-level review by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the implementation by Member States of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action, 21 Reaffirming also its resolution 67/193 of 20 December 2012, in which it decided to convene, early in 2016, a special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem, and its decision that the special session would review the progress in the implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action, including an assessment of the achievements and challenges in countering the world drug problem, within the framework of the three international drug control conventions and other relevant United Nations instru ments, and recalling its resolutions 69/200 and 69/201 of 18 December 2014 and 70/181 of 17 December 2015 on the modalities of the special session, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General prepared pursuant to resolutions 64/293 and 69/195, 69/197 and 69/199 of 18 December 2014; 22 2. Reaffirms its resolution 70/1, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, which, inter alia, includes the commitment to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels; 3. Calls upon all Member States, when appropriate, to take into consideration the Doha Declaration on Integrating Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice into the Wider United Nations Agenda to Address Social and Economic Challenges and to Promote the Rule of Law at the National and International Levels, and Public Participation, adopted at the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Doha from 12 to 19 April 2015, 7 when formulating legislation and policy directives, and to make every effort, where appropriate, to implement the principles contained therei n in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; 4. Urges Member States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, 1 the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, 2 the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, 3 the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, 4 the United Nations Convention against __________________ 17 18 19 20 21 22 Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, New York, 9–20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2326, No. 39574. See resolution 67/234 B. See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2009, Supplement No. 8 (E/2009/28), chap. I, sect. C. Ibid., 2014, Supplement No. 8 (E/2014/28), chap. I, sect. C. A/70/99. 7/15