26-27 March 1997: Commission on Narcotic Drugs acting as preparatory body for the special session of the General Assembly devoted to the fight against the illicit production, sale, demand, traffic and distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and related activities

First session

7-9 July 1997: CND acting as preparatory body for the special session GA

First informal open-ended inter-sessional meeting

Measures to counter illicit manufacture of trafficking in and abuse of stimulants

Measures to enhance the control and monitoring of precursors frequently used in the manufacture of illicit drugs.

13-17 October 1997: Intergovernmental working group to review and further advance work on the draft declaration on the guiding principles of reduction of illicit demand for drugs

3-4 December 1997: CND reconvened FORTIETH SESSION

3-5 December 1997: CND acting as preparatory body for the special session GA

third informal open-ended inter-sessional meetings

1) Eradication of illicit narcotic crops and promotion of alternative development programmes

11-13 March 1998: CND FORTY-FIRST SESSION

16-20 March 1998: CND acting as preparatory body for the special session GA

Second session

Measures to promote judicial cooperation

Countering money-laundering

Action plan against manufacture, trafficking and abuse of amphetamine-type stimulants and their precursors

Control of precursors

16-25 March 1999: CND FORTY-SECOND SESSION