International cooperation to address and counter the world drug problem
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including regional development banks, to mainstream efforts to address and 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;
110. Reiterates its call upon Member States to take the steps necessary to
implement the operational recommendations set out in the outcome document of the
thirtieth special session of the General Assembly, in close partnership with the United
Nations and other intergovernmental organizations and civil society, the scientifi c
community and academia, and to share with the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, as
the policymaking body of the United Nations with prime responsibility for drug
control matters, timely information on progress made in the implementation of the
recommendations;
111. Encourages all relevant United Nations bodies and specialized agencies to
identify operational recommendations in the outcome document of the thirtieth
special session of the General Assembly that fall within their area of specialization
and to commence implementing the recommendations made in the outcome document
that are within their existing mandates, in collaboration and cooperation with the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the International Narcotics Control
Board, keeping the Commission on Narcotic Drugs informed of programmes and
progress made to achieve goals set out in the outcome document, and requests the
Office to include, within its existing reporting obligations, a chapter regarding
collaboration and coordination across the United Nations system in the global efforts
to implement the recommendations adopted at the thirtieth special session;
112. Encourages the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime to further increase cooperation and collaboration with all
relevant United Nations entities and international financial institutions, within their
respective mandates, when assisting Member States in designing and implementing
comprehensive, integrated and balanced national drug strategies, policies and
programmes;
113. Invites the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to increase efforts
to pursue joint initiatives at the policy and programmatic levels with other relevant
United Nations agencies and entities, within their existing mandates, as well as
regional organizations, and to update and report to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
on progress, including on joint initiatives, at its upcoming sessions;
114. Welcomes the follow-up to the implementation of the recommendations set
out in the outcome document of the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly
through the intersessional process of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, encourages
the Commission to continue to work on and support Member States in the
implementation and sharing of best practices corresponding to the seven thematic
areas of the outcome document, and invites the Commission to continue to examine
how its subsidiary bodies can better contribute to the implementation of the outcome
document, including by ensuring that the Commission is informed of regional and
domestic concerns, developments and best practices arising from all stakeholders,
including contributions from the scientific community, academia and civil society;
115. Recalls Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution 60/1 of 17 March
2017 25 and welcomes Commission resolution 61/10 of 16 March 20185 on
preparations for the ministerial segment to be held during the sixty-second session of
the Commission, in 2019, in which the Commission decided, inter alia, to convene a
ministerial segment during its sixty-second session to take stock of the
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