text: UNITED NATIONS ------,._-----._--.-._-------A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/45/6 (Prog.28) 4May1990 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH n.._III•,we&At__aT- Forty-fifth session PROPOSED MEDIUM-TERM PLANFORTHEPERIOD 1992-l997~ MAJOR PROGRAMME V.INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION FORSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT Programme 28.International drugcontrol CONTENTS A.Programme . 1.General orientation ..,................•....•.......... 2.Overall strategy ....••..••••................•....•..•. 3.Subprogramme structure andpriorities .•••.•..•........ B..Subprogranunes It .. 1.Treaty implementation .•••...........•...••..••...•.... 2.Applied scientific research .........•...•.•.•......... 3.Suppression ofillicit traffic•.•.•.......•.•....••... 4.Demandreduction, co-ordination andinformation .,•....Paragraphs Page 28.1-28.14 3 28.1-28.4 3 28.5-28.11 4 28.12-28.14 5 28.15-28.54 6 28.15-28.18 6 28.19-28.24 7 28.25-28.29 9 28.30-28.33 10 ~Thepresent document contains programme 28oftheproposed medium-term planfortheperiod 1992-1997. Thecomplete medium-term planwillsubsequently be issuedinfinalprinted formasOfficial Records oftheGeneral Assembly, Forty-fifth Session, Supplement No.Q(A/45/6/Rev.1). 90-11726 l503g(E) /,.. Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryCONTENTS (continued) Paragraphs 5.Maintaining andimproving theeffectiveness ofthe international drugcontrol system....••••.•......•.... 28.34-28.38 11 6.International limitation andmonitoring oflicit production, manufacture, tradeinanduseofnarcotic drugs 28.39-28.43 12 7.International monitoring oflicittradeinanduseof psychotropic substances............................... 28.44-28.49 13 8.Monitoring ofsolvents, precursors andessential chemicals andassessment ofsubstances forpossible modifications inthescopeofcontrol ofthe1988 Convention againstIllicit Traffic inNarcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances •...••••.•.•....••••••.•••. 28.50-28.54 15 -2-I1 r Ir J Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryProgramme 28.International drugcontrol A.Programme 1.General orientation 28.1Theoverall mandates forinternational drugcontrol derive frominternational drugcontrol treaties andGeneral Assembly andEconomic andSocial Council resolutions, aswellasfromrecommendations contained intheComprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline ofFutureActivities inDrugAbuseControl, adopted at theInternational Conference onDrugAbuseandIllicit Trafficking in1987. The mostrecent mandate wasgivenbytheGeneral Assembly duringitsseventeenth special session, heldfrom20to23February 1990,intheformofaGlobal Programme ofAction oninternational co-operation againstillicit production, supply, demand, trafficking anddistribution ofnarcotic drugsandpsychotropic substances (seeGeneral Assembly resolution S-17/2). Inaddition, asystem-wide action planondrugabusecontrol whichwasbeingelaborated pursuant toGeneral Assembly resolution 44/141 of15December 1989,willguidetheworkofthe programme. 28.2Themainobjective ofthepresent programme oninternational drugcontrol is thestrengthening ofmultilateral collaboration toassistnational authorities in dealing withaninternational problem widely recognized asincapable ofsolution by anyindividual Member State. 28.3Anever-increasing variety ofnatural andsynthetic substances areextending theproblem ofdrugabusetohitherto unaffected strata ofsociety andtonew geographical areas. Themaintaskoftheinternational drugcontrol systemisto regulate thesupply anduseofdependence-producing drugsandsubstances placed underinternational control, toensuretheiravailability formedical and scientific needs, tosuppress illicit drugtraffic andtoreduce thenegative impactofdrugabuseontheindividual andonsociety. Theinternational community
analysis: The text appears to be a proposal for a medium-term plan for international cooperation on drug control, focusing on treaties, research, and suppression of illicit traffic. It seems to be primarily concerned with health and well-being, rather than economic development or environmental issues.