United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development A/RES/68/196 2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on the outcome of that Conference; 10 3. Adopts the aforementioned Lima Declaration on Alternative Development and the International Guiding Principles on Alternative Development as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development, annexed to the present resolution; 4. Encourages Member States, international organizations, international financial institutions, entities and other relevant stakeholders to take into account the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development when designing and implementing alternative development programmes; 5. Expresses its appreciation and gratitude to the Governments of Thailand and Peru for the convening of the International Seminar Workshop on Sustainable Alternative Development and the high-level International Conference on Alternative Development, respectively. 70th plenary meeting 18 December 2013 Annex United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development Lima Declaration on Alternative Development We, the representatives convened in Lima for the high-level International Conference on Alternative Development on 16 November 2012, Underscoring that the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, 13 the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 14 and the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, 15 in particular its article 14, paragraphs 2 and 3, constitute the framework of the international drug control system, and urging their full and effective implementation, Reaffirming the Political Declaration adopted by the General Assembly at its twentieth special session in 1998 16 and the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, adopted by the General Assembly in 2009, 17 Noting that, as was stated at the International Seminar Workshop on Sustainable Alternative Development, held in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, Thailand, from 6 to 11 November 2011, the Political Declaration and Plan of Action mentioned above, together with the Action Plan on International Cooperation on the Eradication of Illicit Drug Crops and on Alternative Development, 18 represent a _______________ 13 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 976, No. 14152. Ibid., vol. 1019, No. 14956. 15 Ibid., vol. 1582, No. 27627. 16 Resolution S-20/2, annex. 17 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2009, Supplement No. 8 (E/2009/28), chap. I, sect. C. 18 Resolution S-20/4 E. 14 3/10