24 May 1990

13th Plenary Meeting

1990/30. Establishment of the Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Europe

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling section I of General Assembly resolution 43/122, of 8 December 1988, in which the Assembly requested that consideration be given to the convening of regional meetings of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies in regions where they had not been held,

Aware that the General Assembly, in its resolution 44/142 of 15 December 1989, took note with satisfaction of the results of the Second Interregional Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, held at Vienna from 11 to 15 September 1989,

Aware of the recommendation made by the Interregional Meeting that the Commission on Narcotic Drugs take the necessary steps to establish a meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, Europe, to further promote technical regional co-operation,

Recalling that the General Assembly, in section I of resolution 43/122, noted with satisfaction the valuable work of the meetings of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, in particular the Second Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa, held at Dakar from 18 to 22 April 1988, the Second Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean, held at Lima from 12 to 16 September 1988, and the Fourteenth Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Asia and the Pacific, held at Bangkok from 3 to 7 October 1988,

Recognizing the need to convene a meeting of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies, Europe, taking into account the existing co-operation between European countries,

1. Decides to establish the Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, along the lines of the meetings of heads of national drug law enforcement agencies that have already been established for other regions and with the status of a subsidiary organ of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs;

2. Invites the Governments of States of the European region and other interested Governments to participate in that Meeting;

3. Requests the Secretary-General to adopt the necessary measures and to provide the financial resources required, so that the Division of Narcotic Drugs of the Secretariat, in consultation with the Governments of the region and with interested agencies, may convene that Meeting.