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in the International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders, that reflect
respect for human rights and dignity, including the right to enjoy the highest attainable
standard of physical and mental health and well-being, promoting, as appropriate,
within national and regional contexts, non-stigmatizing attitudes in the development
and implementation of scientific evidence-based policies;
26. Also encourages Member States to promote the inclusion in national drug
policies, in accordance with national legislation and as appropriate, of elements for
the prevention and treatment of drug overdose, in particular opioid overdose,
including the use of opioid receptor antagonists, such as naloxone, to reduce drugrelated mortality;
27. Invites Member States to promote cooperation with and technical
assistance to the States most affected by the transit of drugs in developing and
implementing comprehensive and integrated policies to address, where appropriate,
the impact of illicit drug trafficking on increasing drug use in such States, including
by reinforcing national programmes aimed at prevention, early intervention,
treatment, care, rehabilitation and social reintegration;
28. Encourages the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the
International Narcotics Control Board to continue to strengthen cooperation with the
World Health Organization and other competent United Nations entities, within their
respective mandates, as part of a comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach to
strengthening health and social welfare measures in addressing the world drug
problem, including through effective prevention, early intervention, treatment, care,
recovery, rehabilitation and social reintegration, in cooperation, as appropriate, with
civil society and the scientific community, and to keep the Commission on Narcotic
Drugs appropriately updated;
29. Recalls the signing of the memorandum of understanding between the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization in
February 2017, which will facilitate increased collaboration and coordination
between these two entities, within their mandates, in advancing efforts to address and
counter the world drug problem, and encourages the Office to continue to strengthen
its collaboration with the World Health Organization and to explore, as appropriate,
cooperation arrangements with other relevant United Nations agencies and entities
and to keep the Commission on Narcotic Drugs appropriately updated;
30. Encourages the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World
Health Organization to continue their collaboration to address and counter the world
drug problem in accordance with their relevant mandates, and takes note of the input
of the World Health Organization in addressing and countering the world drug
problem from a public health dimension;
31. Encourages Member States to involve, as appropriate, policymakers,
parliamentarians, educators, civil society, the scientific community, academia, target
populations, individuals in recovery from substance use disorders and their peer
groups, families and other co-dependent people, as well as the private sector, in the
development of prevention programmes aimed at raising public awareness of the
dangers and risks associated with drug abuse, and involve, inter alia, parents, care
services providers, teachers, peer groups, health professionals, religious
communities, community leaders, social workers, sports associations, media
professionals and entertainment industries, as appropriate, in their implementation;
32. Also encourages Member States to consider alternatives to incarceration,
conviction and punishment, where appropriate and in accordance with the three
international drug control conventions, noting that, in appropriate cases of a minor
nature, States may provide, as alternatives to conviction or punishment, measures
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