A/RES/60/178 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988; 12 3. Invites all States, as a matter of priority, to sign, ratify or accede to, and States parties to fully implement, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto 13 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 14 in order to counter comprehensively the transnational criminal activities that are related to illicit drug trafficking; II International cooperation to counter the world drug problem and follow-up to the twentieth special session 1. Emphasizes that the world drug problem must be addressed in multilateral, regional, bilateral and national settings and that, in order to succeed, action to counter it has to involve all Member States, that action must be supported by strong international and development cooperation and must be further included in national development priorities, and that it requires a balance between supply reduction and demand reduction, as well as a comprehensive strategy that combines alternative development, including, as appropriate, preventive alternative development, eradication, interdiction, law enforcement, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation as well as education; Calls upon all States to strengthen their efforts in the fight against the 2. world drug problem, in order to achieve the objectives targeted for 2008 in the Political Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session,3 and calls upon all relevant actors to promote and implement the outcome of the special session, as well as the outcome of the ministerial segment of the fortysixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs;4 3. Urges Member States to fulfil their reporting obligations on the followup action to implement the outcome of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly on the world drug problem and to report fully on all measures agreed upon at the special session; Takes note with appreciation of the outcome of the round-table meeting 4. on the theme “Crime and drugs as impediments to security and development in Africa”, held in Abuja on 5 and 6 September 2005, in the form of a comprehensive programme of action, 2006–2010; 15 Data collection and research 5. Stresses that data collection, analysis and evaluation of the results of ongoing national and international policies are essential tools for further developing sound, evidence-based drug control strategies, and therefore encourages Member States to further develop and institutionalize monitoring and evaluation tools and to utilize existing available data to exchange and share information at all levels; _______________ 12 Ibid., vol. 1582, No. 27627. Resolution 55/25, annexes I–III, and resolution 55/255, annex. 14 Resolution 58/4, annex. 15 Available from www.unodc.org/art/en/ppaa.html. 13 3