A/RES/52/92 Page 6 17. Urges the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to complete its work on the draft declaration on the guiding principles of demand reduction being developed by the Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, in consultation with Member States, and to submit it for adoption by the General Assembly at its special session in 1998, and calls upon Member States to continue to cooperate with the Programme by providing relevant information and their views on the draft declaration with due regard to the linkages between demand and supply reduction activities; 18. Also urges the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, acting as the preparatory body for the special session of the General Assembly, to complete its work concerning money laundering, judicial cooperation, precursors, stimulants, alternative development and on a political commitment, in preparation for the special session; 19. Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/41 of 21 July 1997 on the implementation of comprehensive measures to counter the illicit manufacture, trafficking and abuse of amphetamine-type stimulants and their precursors, and calls upon Member States to strengthen their efforts to control precursors and their substitutes in cooperation with the International Narcotics Control Board and to implement as a high priority the measures contained in that resolution; 20. Takes note of the Baku Accord on Regional Cooperation against Illicit Cultivation, Production, Trafficking, Distribution and Consumption of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and their Precursors,12 and welcomes the contribution of the Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East on international action to combat drug abuse and illicit production and trafficking; III GLOBAL PROGRAMME OF ACTION 1. Reaffirms the importance of the Global Programme of Action3 as a comprehensive framework for national, regional and international action to combat illicit production of, demand for and trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; 2. Calls upon States to implement the mandates and recommendations of the Global Programme of Action, with a view to translating it into practical action for drug abuse control at the national, regional and international levels; 3. Urges all Governments and competent regional organizations to develop a balanced approach within the framework of comprehensive demand reduction activities, giving adequate priority to prevention, treatment, research, social reintegration and training, in the context of national strategic plans to combat drug abuse, which should include raising public awareness concerning the detrimental effects of drug abuse; 4. Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies, the international financial institutions and other concerned intergovernmental organizations and all actors of civil society, notably non-governmental organizations, community-based organizations, sports associations, the media and the private sector, to cooperate more closely with and to assist States in their efforts to promote and implement the Global Programme of Action; 5. Welcomes the efforts made by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the United Nations International Drug Control Programme to facilitate reporting by Governments on the implementation of the 12 Economic and Social Council resolution 1997/39, annex. /...