AG/RES. 1542 (XXVIII-O/98)

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION

(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on June 2, 1998)

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

HAVING SEEN the observations and recommendations of the Permanent Council (AG/doc.3718/98) on the Annual Report of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) (CP/doc.3008/98);

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; the Inter-American Program of Quito: Comprehensive Education to Prevent Drug Abuse; and, most recently, the Anti-Drug Strategy in the Hemisphere, approved in Buenos Aires in October 1996;

RECALLING:

The drug control initiatives in the Plan of Action of the First Summit of the Americas, held in Miami, in 1994, and the activities undertaken by CICAD to implement them; and

The Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action of the Second Summit of the Americas, held in Santiago, Chile, in 1998; and

RECOGNIZING the continued excellence of the work carried out by CICAD and its assistance to member states in combating illicit drug trafficking throughout the Hemisphere,

RESOLVES:

1. To take note of, endorse, and transmit to the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) the observations and recommendations made by the Permanent Council on its Annual Report.

2. To note with satisfaction and commend CICAD's support to member states, through their national drug control commissions, in their international coordination efforts; and to instruct CICAD to continue providing such assistance.