AG/RES. 1309 (XXV-O/95)

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION (CICAD)

(Resolution adopted at the sixth plenary session, held on June 7, 1995)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) for 1994 and the supplementary report submitted to the General Assembly on the CICAD Program and the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas (AG/doc.3211/95);

TAKING NOTE of the "Declaration of Santiago: The Illicit Drug Situation in the Americas," adopted by CICAD at it sixteenth regular session, held from October 18 to 21, 1994, in Santiago, Chile;

CONSIDERING that at the Summit of the Americas held in Miami, Florida, December 9-11, 1994, 34 heads of state and government of the Americas adopted the Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action;

HAVING SEEN the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas and taking note of the initiatives currently undertaken by CICAD to implement the drug control aspects of that Plan of Action;

REAFFIRMING its commitment to the principles and purposes set forth by the Organization in the Inter-American Program of Action of Rio de Janeiro against the Illicit Use and Production of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and Traffic Therein, the Declaration and Program of Action of Ixtapa, and the Inter-American Program of Quito: Comprehensive Education to Prevent Drug Abuse; and

CONSIDERING the important role played by CICAD in inter-American efforts to combat illicit drug trafficking at every level and the great importance of the mandates that emerged from the Summit of the Americas,

RESOLVES:

  1. To thank the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) for its Annual Report: Illicit Drug Trafficking and Abuse in the Hemisphere and the Activities of CICAD in 1994 and its supplementary report to the General Assembly on the CICAD Program and the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas.

  2. To note, endorse, and forward to CICAD the observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council regarding its annual report and supplementary report.

  3. To endorse the "Declaration of Santiago: The Illicit Drug Situation in the Americas," adopted by CICAD at its sixteenth regular session, and specifically to reaffirm its condemnation of drug abuse, the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, and related offenses such as money laundering, which transcend the borders of member states, and further to urge member states to eliminate them through the closest possible cooperation among countries and by resolute, ongoing action by the government of each country, based on the principles of international solidarity, shared responsibility, and respect for the sovereignty of each member state, in accordance with its particular circumstances.

  4. To note with satisfaction the initiatives undertaken by CICAD to implement the drug control aspects of the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas.

  5. To reaffirm its determination and commitment to strengthen and broaden the bases and mechanisms for cooperation among all member states in combating the production of and illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, related offenses, and drug abuse, under the Inter-American Program of Action of Rio de Janeiro against the Illicit Use and Production of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and Traffic Therein, the Declaration and Program of Action of Ixtapa, and the Inter-American Program of Quito: Comprehensive Education to Prevent Drug Abuse, in coordination with the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and other world, regional, and subregional organizations.

  6. To consider CICAD the technical agency charged with participating in the preparation and holding of the International Meeting on Alternative Development, to be attended by donor countries, financial institutions, and other sources of international cooperation, as envisaged in the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas, recognizing the importance of the role the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank can play in staging that meeting.

  7. To urge all member states to consider negotiating bilateral agreements with the European Union on the control of precursors based on the document "Bases for a Model Agreement on Chemical Precursors between the European Community and the Member States of the OAS," approved by CICAD at its seventeenth regular session, held in Panama City, Panama, March 7 - 10, 1995 (appendix to CICAD's annual report to the General Assembly).

  8. To exhort member states to back and strengthen their respective national drug control commissions and in particular to grant them political support at the highest level and endow them with the necessary resources to better discharge their functions.

  9. To endorse and reaffirm the decision adopted by CICAD at its sixteenth regular session to approve the following lines of action as equal priorities for CICAD programming: demand reduction, strengthening of national drug control commissions, legal development, alternative development, and consolidation of the Inter-American Drug Information System.

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