A/RES/72/198 International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem 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; 73. 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 money-laundering, and, in some cases, terrorism, including money-laundering in connection with the financing of terrorism, by using an integrated, multidisciplinary approach, such as through promoting and supporting reliable data collection, research and, as appropriate, intelligence- and analysis-sharing to ensure effective policymaking and interventions; 74. Invites Member States to enhance national, regional, subregional, interregional and international capacity to prevent and counter money -laundering and illicit financial flows stemming from drug trafficking and related crimes, including, as appropriate, through the detection, investigation and prosecution of such activities, with a view to effectively addressing safe havens, and to identify and mitigate money laundering risks linked to new technologies, as well as emerging money -laundering methods and techniques, by using, inter alia, existing United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime technical assistance tools; 75. Encourages Member States to strengthen coordinated border management strategies, as well as the capacity of border control and law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies, including through technical assistance, upon request, including, and where appropriate, the provision of equipment and technology, along with necessary training and maintenance support, in order to prevent, monitor and counter trafficking in drugs, trafficking in precursors and other drug -related crimes, such as trafficking in firearms, illicit financial flows, smuggling of bulk cash and money-laundering; 76. Also encourages Member States to use existing subregional, regional and international cooperation mechanisms to combat all forms of drug -related crime, wherever committed, including, in some cases, violent crimes related to gangs, including by enhancing international cooperation to successfully counter and dismantle organized criminal groups, including those operating transnationally; 77. Calls upon Member States to also consider, when developing comprehensive policies to tackle the world drug problem, measures, programmes and actions that address the needs of those affected by dr ug-related violence and crime; 78. Reaffirms the importance of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and its field offices in building capacity at the local level in the fight against transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, and encoura ges the Office to maintain an effective level of support for national and regional efforts in countering the world drug problem; 79. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to collaborate with relevant intergovernmental, interna tional and regional organizations involved in addressing the world drug problem, as appropriate, in order to share best practices and scientific standards and to maximize the benefits from their unique comparative advantage; 80. Also requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in close cooperation with Member States and pertinent United Nations entities, intergovernmental and regional organizations and, when appropriate, the scientific 16/21 17-23200