AG/RES. 1458 (XXVII-O/97)

ANTI-DRUG STRATEGY IN THE HEMISPHERE

(Resolution adopted at the sixth plenary session, held on June 4, 1997)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council on the annual reports of the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization (AG/doc.3514/97);

RECALLING:

The Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas held in 1994; and

The objectives 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, approved through resolution AG/RES. 814 (XVI-O/86); and

CONSIDERING:

That the elimination of the supply of and demand for illicit drugs is one of the top priorities of the national and international policies of the member states;

That the Plan of Action of the Summit of the Americas required a broad and coordinated hemispheric strategy to reduce illicit drug use, production, and trafficking;

That the member states agreed to work together to formulate such a strategy; and

That the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission approved the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere and is developing a plan of action for its implementation,

RESOLVES:

1. To adopt the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere approved by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission at its twentieth regular session, in October 1996 in Buenos Aires, and signed by member states at the ministerial-level meeting held in Montevideo, in December 1996.

2. To take note of the document on priorities for the implementation of the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere (action plan for April 1997 - October 1998), approved by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission at its twenty-first regular session, in April 1997 in Washington, D.C., and to request the Commission to report to the General Assembly at its twenty-eighth regular session on progress in its implementation.

3. To encourage the member states to continue working together and with the Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in order to facilitate an effective implementation of the provisions of the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere.

4. To instruct the agencies and entities of the Organization to support the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in the implementation of the provisions of the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere.

5. To request the international financial institutions, particularly the Inter-American Development Bank, to cooperate with the member states and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in the implementation of the provisions of the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere.

6. To call upon the United Nations and its various bodies such as the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, the International Narcotics Control Board, the World Health Organization, and the International Maritime Organization, as well as the Pan American Health Organization, to provide assistance to the member states and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission in the implementation of the provisions of the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere.

7. To invite the member states and permanent observers to support the implementation of the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere through their voluntary contributions to the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission programs.