Date: 14 April 2016
This draft resolution was published by the UN General Assembly in April 2016. The draft resolution adopts a outcome document, drafted by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in preparation of UNGASS 2016.
The outcome paper's main body makes a series of operational recommendations tackling issues from demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and treatment, as well as other health-related issues; responses to drug-related crime; and countering money-laundering and promoting judicial cooperation; cross-cutting issues: drugs and human rights, youth, children, women and communities; strengthening international cooperation based on the principle of common and shared responsibility; and alternative development: regional, interregional and international cooperation on development-oriented balanced drug control policy; addressing socioeconomic issues.
Citation: United Nations General Assembly, 'Draft Resolution Submitted by the President of the General Assembly: Our Joint Commitment to Effectively Addressing and Countering the World Drug Problem' (2016), A/S-30/L.1
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