A/RES/70/182 International cooperation against the world drug problem Recognizing the principal role of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and its subsidiary bodies, together with the International Narcotics Control Board, as the United Nations organs with prime responsibility for drug control matters, as well as the role of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Development Programme, as well as the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, among other agencies, within their respective mandates, and recognizing also the need to promote and facilitate the effective implementation of and follow-up to the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, Reaffirming that addressing the world drug problem in all its aspects requires a political commitment and collective efforts through international cooperation to significantly and measurably reduce illicit supply and demand, as an integral component of a balanced and comprehensive drug control strategy, in accordance with the principles enshrined in the Political Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session and the measures to enhance international cooperation to counter the world drug problem, 16 including the Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development, also adopted at that session, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development, Reaffirming equally that reducing drug abuse requires efforts to reduce demand, which must be demonstrated by sustained widespread demand reduction initiatives that are age- and gender-sensitive and integrate a comprehensive public health approach spanning the spectrum of prevention, education, early detection and intervention, treatment, care and related support services, recovery support, rehabilitation and social reintegration of drug users, in full compliance with the three international drug control conventions and in accordance with the Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Drug Demand Reduction, adopt ed by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session, and with the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem and other relevant Assembly resolutions, Acknowledging the important contributions made by women in curbing the world drug problem, and reaffirming the commitment to ensure that drug control policies, measures and interventions take into account the specific needs and circumstances that women face in this regard, as well as the commitment to take measures to ensure that women and men benefit equally, and without any discrimination, from strategies to combat the world drug problem through their active involvement in all stages of programme development and policymaking, Encouraging Member States to continue to address, as appropriate, the reasons why women face social and structural barriers in accessing treatment for drug abuse, as well as the causes of the higher prevalence of HIV among women who inject drugs than among their male counterparts, where applicable, Conscious of the need to continue to raise public awareness of the risks and threats posed to all societies by the world drug problem in all its aspects, _______________ 16 4/16 Resolutions S-20/4 A–E.