27 July 1990

37th Plenary Meeting

1990/84. Implementation of the Global Programme of Action adopted by the General Assembly at its special session devoted to the question of international co-operation against illicit production, supply, demand, trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling General Assembly resolution 44/141 of 15 December 1989 and decision 44/410 of 14 November 1989,

Noting that the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, at the first part of its thirtieth session, recommended, inter alia, that General Assembly resolution S-17/2 of 23 February 1990 be fully reflected in the proposed medium-term plan,

Reaffirming the fundamental importance of the Global Programme of Action adopted by the General Assembly at its seventeenth special session,

1. Strongly affirms the need for the full implementation of all the mandates and activities included in the Global Programme of Action adopted by the General Assembly at its seventeenth special session and for the effective follow-up thereof;

2. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a statement of the programme budget implications of all mandates and activities included in the Global Programme of Action, in a timely manner, to the relevant committees of the General Assembly at its forty-fifth session, in accordance with the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation, in order to provide Member States with a detailed and precise specification of the mandates and activities of the United Nations drug control units and the extent and nature of the resources required to fully implement their responsibilities.