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International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem
reduction and elimination, and encourages States to the extent possible to stay
strongly committed to financing such programmes;
73. Urges Member States to promote partnerships and innovative cooperation
initiatives with the private sector, civil society and international financial institutions
to create conditions more conducive to productive investments targeted at job creation
in areas and among communities affected by or at risk of illicit drug cultivation,
production, manufacturing, trafficking and other illicit drug-related activities in order
to prevent, reduce or eliminate them, and share best practices, lessons learned,
expertise and skills in this regard;
74. Encourages Member States to ensure that measures to prevent the illicit
cultivation of and to eradicate plants containing narcotic and psychotropic substances
respect fundamental human rights, take due account of traditional licit uses, where
there is historical evidence of such use, and of the protection of the environment, in
accordance with the three international drug control conventions, and also take into
account, as appropriate and in accordance with national legislation, the United
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75. Reiterates its commitment to strengthen regional and international
cooperation to support sustainable alternative development programmes, including,
as appropriate, preventive alternative development, in close collaboration with all
relevant stakeholders at the local, national and international levels, and to develop
and share best practices towards implementing the United Nations Guiding Principles
on Alternative Development, taking into account all the lessons learned and good
practices, in particular by countries with extensive expertise in alternative
development;
76. Welcomes its resolution 72/197 of 19 December 2017, entitled “Promoting
the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative
Development and related commitments on alternative development and regional,
interregional and international cooperation on development-oriented, balanced drug
control policy addressing socioeconomic issues”;
77. Urges Member States to increase cooperation at all levels and enhance
measures to prevent and significantly and measurably reduce or eliminate the illicit
cultivation of opium poppy, coca bush and cannabis plant used for the production of
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including through eradication, within the
framework of sustainable crop control strategies and measures;
78. Reiterates its commitment to strengthen specialized, targeted, effective and
sustainable technical assistance, including, where appropriate, adequate financial
assistance, training, capacity-building, equipment and technological know-how, to
requesting countries, including transit countries, through and in cooperation with the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as the World Health Organization
and other relevant United Nations entities and international and regional
organizations, within their respective mandates, so as to help Member States to
effectively address the health, socioeconomic, human rights, justice and law
enforcement aspects of the world drug problem;
79. Encourages Member States to fully implement international commitments
on the promotion of the rule of law at the national and international levels, health and
respect for human rights in their drug policies;
80. Calls upon Member States to respond to the serious challenges posed by
the increasing links between drug trafficking, corruption and other forms of organized
crime, including trafficking in persons, trafficking in firearms, cybercrime and
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