A/RES/68/196
United Nations Guiding Principles on Alternative Development
and integrated approach to the effectiveness and sustainability of alternative
development programmes;
(ee) To consider voluntary and pragmatic measures in appropriate forums,
with a view to enabling alternative development products to gain easier access to
international markets, in accordance with applicable multilateral trade rules and
treaties and taking into consideration the ongoing negotiation processes in the
framework of the World Trade Organization; these might include promoting costeffective marketing regimes in the field of alternative development, including, as
appropriate, preventive alternative development, such as a global stamp for products
stemming from alternative development programmes and voluntary certification to
support the sustainability of alternative development products;
(ff) To promote, where appropriate, a favourable socioeconomic
infrastructure, including the development of roads and transportation networks, the
promotion and enhancement of farmer associations, microfinance schemes and
schemes aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the management of available
financing resources;
(gg) To combine local wisdom, indigenous knowledge, public-private
partnerships and available resources to promote, inter alia, a legal market-driven
product development approach when applicable, capacity-building, skills training of
the involved population, effective management and the entrepreneurial spirit, in
order to support the creation of internal and sustainable commercial systems and a
viable value chain at the local level, when applicable;
(hh) To support policies conducive to cooperation with the international
financial institutions and, where appropriate, private sector involvement and
investment to help to ensure long-term sustainability, including through the use of
public-private partnerships, and to encourage alternative development in rural
associations or cooperatives and support their management capacity, in order to
maximize value from primary production and to ensure the integration of areas
affected by, or in some cases vulnerable to, illicit cultivation into national, regional
and, as appropriate, international markets;
(ii) To promote local ownership and participation of the involved parties in
the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of alternative development
programmes and projects;
(jj) To foster empowerment, including articulation, communication and
participation, of the community and local authorities and other stakeholders, to
sustain the achievements of the projects and programmes;
(kk) To take into account land rights and other related land management
resources when designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating alternative
development programmes, including those of indigenous peoples and local
communities, in accordance with national legal frameworks;
(ll) To raise awareness among rural communities of the negative impacts that
illicit drug crop cultivation, related deforestation and the illicit use of natural
resources, in disregard of national or international laws, may have on long-term
development and the environment.
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