International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem A/RES/72/198 Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, 7 the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988, 8 the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto 21 and the United Nations Convention against Corruption; 22 94. Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue to provide, in close collaboration with the International Narcotics Control Board, as may be appropriate, adequate support and technical assistance to Governments in all regions so as to enable them to implement and fully meet their obligations under conventions and give adequate follow-up to subsequent resolutions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the Economic and Social Council a nd the General Assembly, including for the strengthening of regulatory authorities and controls, provision of information and fulfilment of reporting requirements, and urges donors to contribute to the Office for those purposes; 95. Takes note of the resolutions adopted by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its sixtieth session 5 and the World Drug Report 2017; 96. Calls upon Member States to strengthen international and regional cooperation and coordination to counter the threat to the international community caused by the illicit production of and trafficking in drugs, especially those in the opioid group, as well as other aspects of the world drug problem, and to continue to take concerted measures within the framework of the Paris Pact 23 and other relevant regional and international initiatives and mechanisms, in order to strengthen cross border cooperation and information exchange, with a view to countering dr ug trafficking, with the support of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and other international and regional organizations; 97. Urges Member States to continue to actively cooperate with the International Narcotics Control Board in the exercise of its mandate, and reiterates the need to ensure that an appropriate level of resources is made available to the Board to enable it to engage with Governments to effectively monitor compliance by States parties with the three international drug control co nventions; 98. Encourages the continued contribution of the meetings of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies and of the Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs t o the strengthening of regional and international cooperation, and in this regard welcomes the discussions conducted in Vienna from 27 to 30 June 2017, Hurghada, Egypt, from 18 to 22 September 2017, Guatemala City from 2 to 6 October 2017, Beirut from 13 to 17 November 2017 and Bangkok from 27 to 30 November 2017; 99. Welcomes the ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation in addressing the world drug problem and to seek effectiveness and comprehensiveness in the strategies and policies undertaken by regional and subregional organizations and transregional initiatives; 100. Reiterates its call upon the relevant United Nations agencies and entities and other international organizations, and invites international financial institutions, including regional development banks, to mainstream efforts to counter the world drug problem into their programmes, and calls upon the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to maintain its leading role by providing relevant information and technical assistance; __________________ United Nations, Treaty Series, vols. 2225, 2237, 2241 and 2326, No. 39574. Ibid., vol. 2349, No. 42146. 23 See S/2003/641, annex. 21 22 17-23200 19/21