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DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT (14 JANUARY 2016)

UNGASS 2016: Our joint commitment in addressing the world drug problem

We, heads of State and Government and representatives of States and Governments,

assembled at the

United Nations, from 19 to 21 April 2016, for the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly,

convened in accordance with resolution 67/193 of 20 December 2012, to review the progress in the

implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an

Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, including an assessment of the

achievements and challenges in countering the world drug problem, within the framework of the three

international drug control conventions and other relevant United Nations instruments,

Recalling

that the three international drug control conventions are the cornerstone of international drug

control policy;

Noting

that the drug control conventions, concerned with health and welfare of humankind, provide

flexibility to State Parties to implement national drug policies;

Reiterating

the utmost importance of a balanced and integrated and evidence-based approach to supply and

demand reduction and international cooperation as outlined in the Political Declaration and Plan of Action

and in the Joint Ministerial Statement adopted at the High Level Review in March 2014, and note the

efforts made by Member States to achieve the goals set therein;

Reiterating

our commitment to address drug related issues and implement drug policies in full conformity

with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant international law, including the three international drug

control conventions;

Reaffirming

the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity of States and non-intervention, as well as the

principle of common and shared responsibility, when addressing the world drug problem;

Underlining

the importance of strengthening public health responses and of upholding the human rights

and fundamental freedoms of all individuals without any form of discrimination and recognizing that

human beings are to be placed at the centre of international drug control;

Also underlining

the importance of upholding the law and its enforcement for the safety and security of

individuals and countries;

Reaffirming

the need to enhance international cooperation, including technical assistance, to successfully

address the world drug problem, and the need to provide sufficient resources to assist developing countries,

including transit countries with the implementation of the Political Declaration and Plan of Action in the

period leading up to 2019, which has been set as the target date for achieving targets and goals set out

therein;

Being aware of

the need to address the root causes of the world drug problem and of the serious harm

caused by drugs to individuals, families and societies;

Recognizing

that there are new challenges, threats and realities in preventing and addressing the world drug

problem, which need to be addressed in compliance with relevant international law, including the three

international drug control conventions;

Also recognizing

the importance of prioritising interventions that have worked, while further strengthening

research and data collection to develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based policies to successfully

address the world drug problem;

Welcoming

the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and

noting

that the achievement of the

Sustainable Development Goals can contribute to addressing the world drug problem;

Welcoming

the principal role of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and its subsidiary bodies, together with

the International Narcotics Control Board, as the United Nations organs with prime responsibility for drug

control matters, as well as the treaty-based role of the World Health Organization, and calling for their

enhanced cooperation in achieving the aims of the international drug control conventions;

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Calling upon

the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to maintain its leading role through

implementation of the United Nations Drug Control Programme, including provision of technical assistance

and capacity building assistance, and to continue to enhance cooperation and coordination across the

United Nations system as well as with relevant international and regional organizations, international

financial institutions and other relevant stakeholders;

Calling upon

all other relevant United Nations entities and specialized agencies to appropriately contribute

within their mandates to countering the world drug problem;

Recognizing

the important role civil society can play in assisting Governments in developing drug control

programmes and in providing services for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, including at the local

level,

We resolve to

take on our common and shared responsibility to address the world drug problem towards

ensuring the well-being of peoples and societies and building a better tomorrow for present and future

generations by redoubling our cooperation,

and, towards this end,

We resolve to

call upon the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to monitor the implementation of the

operational recommendations contained in this document and to start the preparations for the review of

the Political Declaration and Plan of Action in 2019.

Operational recommendations on demand reduction and related measures, including prevention and

treatment as well as health related issues

1. We reiterate our commitment to

health, welfare and well-being of individuals and society through

national and international comprehensive, evidence-based demand reduction initiatives, covering

prevention

and

treatment, including HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care

and we

resolve to

implement the following

operational recommendations:

Prevention

(a)

Take practical measures to protect children and young people from the illicit use of narcotic drugs and

psychotropic substances by providing them with opportunities to develop life skills, enjoy equal

positive opportunities and supportive parenting;

(b) Increase availability, coverage and quality of evidence based prevention and age-appropriate

education strategies and tools, including at schools and in the media, to reduce drug initiation and

delay the transition to drug use disorders;

(c)

Promote education and awareness programmes through multiple settings, involving parents, teachers,

students, religious leaders, health professionals, community leaders and social workers;

(d) Develop appropriate prevention curricula for inclusion in textbooks at school, college and university

levels and enhance the capacity of teachers and education and community institutions to provide

counselling and prevention services for young people;

(e)

Improve recreational facilities especially sports facilities for youth and arrange regular sports

competitions and cultural activities to engage youth in healthy activities and prevent them from falling

prey to drug abuse;

Promote the collection of data on drug use and epidemiology and promote the use of international

standards, such as the UNODC International Standards on Drug Use Prevention, to formulate

effective prevention strategies and programmes;

Treatment, including HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care

(g) Recognize drug dependence as a multi-factorial health disorder, which is to be addressed through

implementation of effective evidence-based drug treatment and care programmes, such as community

(f)

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based programs, and strengthen rehabilitation, social reintegration and recovery of dependent drug

users, including reintegration into the labour market;

(h) Develop outreach programmes and campaigns to prevent stigmatization and to encourage drug users

to seek treatment and recognize the right of drug users to give an informed consent to treatment;

(i)

Ensure non-discriminatory access to screening, treatment, including behavioural and medication-

assisted treatment, and social rehabilitation, integration and recovery programmes for people affected

by drug use, including access to such services in prisons and after imprisonment, giving particular

attention to vulnerable members of society and gender specificities;

Develop practices aimed at strengthening cooperation among law enforcement, justice system, health

authorities and social services agencies;

(j)

(k) Promote regional and international cooperation in developing and implementing treatment-related

initiatives and enhance assistance and capacity building, including for the development and

implementation of treatment programmes in prisons and in developing and upgrading rehabilitation

and recovery centres in developing and transit countries;

(l)

Implement measures aimed at minimizing the risk and the health and social consequences of drug use

and adopt measures to prevent and reduce transmission of HIV and other blood-borne diseases

associated with drug use and enlarge access to such interventions, including in treatment and outreach

services, prisons and other custodial settings;

relevant international standards, including international standards on substance abuse treatment, and

provide assistance and training to health professionals;

(n) Intensify meaningful participation of, and provide support and training to, community-based

organizations and civil society organizations involved in drug treatment services;

Operational recommendations on ensuring the availability of controlled substances for medical and

scientific purposes, while preventing their diversion

2. We reiterate our commitment

to ensuring the

availability of controlled substances for medical and

scientific purposes, while preventing their diversion

and we

resolve to implement the following

operational recommendations:

(a)

Establish and implement national legislative and regulatory frameworks to improve access to

controlled medicines, especially in developing countries, while preventing their diversion, abuse and

trafficking;

(m)

Promote the use of the existing guidelines jointly developed by WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS and of

(b) Strengthen capacity of national regulatory and health authorities, including through training of health

professionals on access to controlled medicines, and increase the awareness and support at the

community level;

(c)

Develop national assessments and programmes, in cooperation with UNODC, the INCB and WHO, to

remove barriers to availability, within appropriate control mechanisms outlined in the three

international drug control conventions;

(d) Encourage a regular update of the WHO model lists of essential medicines as well as informed and

coordinated scheduling decisions by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs;

(e)

Enhance international cooperation and capacity building and encourage exchange of information,

lessons learnt and best practices in designing and implementing regulatory, financial, educational and

administrative and other related measures;

Encourage the use of the WHO Guidance for Availability and Accessibility of Controlled Medicines

and the I2ES system;

establishing cooperation networks with suppliers;

(f)

(g)

Address issues related to the affordability of controlled medicines for countries in need and consider

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Operational recommendations on supply reduction and related measures; responses to drug-related

crime; and countering money-laundering and promoting judicial cooperation

3. We reiterate our commitment to

safety and security of individuals and societies and to intensify our

efforts in countering drug-related crime and violence and we

resolve to implement the following

operational recommendations:

Prevention of crime

(a)

Strengthen efforts at international, regional and national levels in preventing drug-related crime and

drug-related violence, consistent with international human rights norms, and to integrate relevant

measures within overall law enforcement efforts;

(b) Promote data collection, research and sharing of information as well as best practices on prevention

of drug-related crime and on drug supply reduction measures and practices;

(c)

Promote also a culture of lawfulness and the effective role of civil society;

(d) Encourage law enforcement authorities to closely cooperate with local communities;

International drug trafficking

(e)

Counter the manufacture, supply and trafficking of drugs and prioritize identifying, disrupting and

dismantling transnational organized criminal groups involved in any illicit activities related to drug

trafficking and prevent the abuse of legitimate commercial trade using maritime and aerial routes for

illicit activities, also in transit countries, and consider using existing operational initiatives and

technical assistance activities;

Address new trafficking routes and trends;

(f)

(g) Promote intelligence and information sharing among law enforcement and border control agencies,

including through regional information centres and networks, and promote joint operations, regionally

and internationally;

(h) Strengthen cross-border management strategies as well as the capacity of border control and law

enforcement agencies through technical assistance, including through the provision of equipment and

technology to monitor drug trafficking;

(i)

(j)

Develop joint training platforms to level up law enforcement expertise and capacity and thus facilitate

the implementation of sophisticated joint operations at regional and international levels;

Enhance awareness of law enforcement agencies in forensics science in the context of drug

investigations, and strengthen their capacity to gather, preserve and present forensic evidence to

effectively prosecute trafficking offences, including offences committed misusing the Internet;

(k) Strengthen international cooperation in criminal matters, including judicial cooperation and mutual

legal assistance;

Links with other forms of organised crime and corruption

(l)

Address also links between drug trafficking, corruption, terrorism and its financing, gangs and youth

violence as well as other forms of organized crime, including trafficking in humans, smuggling of

migrants, trafficking in small arms, cybercrime, trafficking in wildlife products, and money-

laundering and promote and support data collection, research and intelligence sharing across regions

to ensure effective policy-making;

(m) Encourage the use of existing international mechanisms to combat all forms of organized crime and

enhance cooperation to counter transnational organised crime networks in the national, regional and

sub-regional context;

(n) Consider ratifying relevant international legal instruments, including the United Nations Convention

against Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols thereto, the United Nations Convention

against Corruption and the United Nations counter-terrorism legal instruments, and – as States Parties

- take measures to effectively implement these international legal instruments;

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(o) Enhance the capacity to counter money-laundering and illicit financial flows stemming from drug

trafficking, to address financial havens and identify money-laundering risks linked to new

technologies;

(p) Strengthen existing regional and international networks for the exchange of operational information

and intensify support to bodies such as the Financial Action Task Force;

(q) Develop and strengthen regional and international platforms to identify, target and confiscate illicit

assets and money of drug trafficking networks, and strengthen international and regional cooperation

to enhance timeliness of freezing of assets and their recovery;

(r)

Ensure that measures aimed at addressing the links between corruption and drug-related crime are

included in comprehensive national counter-narcotic strategies and strengthen efforts to implement

decisive responses to challenges posed by corruption within an integrated approach to addressing drug

trafficking;

Operational recommendations on cross-cutting issues: drugs and human rights, youth, women,

children and communities

4. We reiterate our commitment to

the rule of law, justice and protection of human rights in developing

and implementing drug policies and we

resolve to implement the following

operational recommendations:

Youth, women, children and communities

(a)

Enhance targeted efforts to protect the health of human beings, in particular children and young

people, by preventing them from using drugs and encourage cooperation with universities and schools

as well as with relevant international organizations including UNODC, WHO, UNESCO and

UNICEF in the elaboration of prevention programmes, including on providing guidance on prevention

in community and school settings;

(b) Give special attention to age-specific and gender-specific needs in treatment programmes;

(c)

Implement targeted practical measures to prevent and address the use of children, young people and

women in the illicit production and drug trafficking;

(d) Develop interventions targeted at gangs and youth violence to provide them with alternative ways of

life;

(e)

Strengthen the knowledge of policy makers on the nature of drug dependence and to promote

international cooperation with a view to promote universal respect and responsibility for human rights

and fundamental freedoms for all, including the right to health, the right to security and right to

development, and to further facilitate their observance;

Call for continued attention to human rights of the most affected communities, and for the inclusion of

information in relevant CND documentation and in other reports, including the World Drug Report;

(f)

(g) Consider mechanisms for involving affected communities, including indigenous peoples, in the

design and implementation of programmes and policies that affect them;

Proportionate and effective policies and responses as well as legal guarantees and safeguards

pertaining to criminal justice proceedings

(h) Consider to develop, adopt and use a wide range of alternative measures to conviction or punishment

for appropriate drug-related offences of a minor nature and consider to review drug sentencing

policies and practices to include alternative measures to incarceration, taking into consideration

special needs of women and first-time offenders and ensuring that any such measures, including

national administrative and criminal justice approaches, are developed and implemented in

accordance with the purposes and objectives of the three international drug control conventions

(i)

Promote consistent and proportionate sentencing, whereby the severity of penalties is consistent with

the gravity of offences;

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(j)

Promote data collection, research and sharing of information as well as best practices on criminal

justice responses to drug related offences;

(k) Consider the implementation of the United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and

criminal justice, including measures to reduce and avoid overcrowding of prisons, and to ensure

capacity-building of authorities on proportional and adequate criminal justice responses;

(l)

nsure

legal guarantees and safeguards pertaining to criminal justice proceedings, including practical

measures towards the prohibition of arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and other forms of ill

treatment and ensure the protection of the right of fair trial in accordance with international norms,

including by implementation of independent and effective investigations to bring alleged perpetrators

to justice;

Operational recommendations on cross-cutting issues: new challenges, threats and realities in

preventing and addressing the world drug problem in compliance with relevant international law,

including the three drug control conventions;

5. We reiterate our commitment

to address new challenges, realities and threats posed to health and

safety of individuals and society, and to strengthen our international cooperation efforts and

we resolve to

implement the following

operational recommendations:

ATS, including methamphetamine

(a)

Support research, data collection and analysis of scientific evidence and sharing of information on

illicit trafficking in ATS including methamphetamine and develop best practices aimed at reducing

supply and demand of ATS and its precursors and pre-precursors;

(b) Develop prevention and treatment models that are relevant to the health and psychological problems

associated with ATS, including methamphetamine, and to share those models through appropriate

bilateral and multilateral channels;

(c)

Continue to adopt, based on the information on patterns of use and risks to the public, appropriate

measures aimed at reducing the supply of and demand for ATS, in accordance with national

legislation;

(d) Address the use of precursors, pre-precursors and alternative precursors in the manufacture of ATS;

(e)

Strengthen international and regional cooperation in tackling ATS, including methamphetamine and

promote the use of existing mechanisms such as the UNODC Early Warning Advisory, the Global

SMART Programme, joint operations and sharing of good practices among practitioners involved in

supply and demand reduction;

New psycho-active substances, precursors and the misuse of pharmaceuticals

(f)

Strengthen national responses and take measures to reduce the demand for NPS and precursors and to

prevent and counter the misuse of pharmaceuticals and continue to monitor trends in their

composition, production, prevalence and sales, as well as patterns of use and adverse consequences

within national borders;

(g) Commit to implement time-effective control or regulatory measures within national legislative and

administrative systems to tackle the emergence of NPS and strengthen the work of WHO, UNODC

and other relevant international and regional organizations to prioritize the review of the most

relevant, persistent and harmful NPS and to facilitate informed scheduling decisions by the CND on

NPS;

(h) Develop tailored prevention and treatment policies of NPS, and actively share information and

expertise on national health-related experiences and treatment models relevant to the health problems

associated with NPS;

(i)

Strengthen the use of national and international established reporting systems, such as the UNODC

Early Warning Advisory, Global SMART Programme and PEN Online;

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(j)

Enhance capacity of national laboratories and law enforcement agencies for detection and

identification of NPS and promote cross-border cooperation to prevent their misuse and diversion,

including through the use of reference standards as well as the ION Project;

(k) Consider partnerships with chemical and pharmaceutical industries and encourage the use of the

INCB Guidelines for a Voluntary Code of Practice for the Chemical Industry;

(l)

Develop and implement counter measures and supportive public health strategies to counter the

misuse of pharmaceuticals;

Use of the internet and the dark net

(m) Support research, data collection and analysis of evidence and sharing of information, as well

strengthen law enforcement responses aimed at reducing the misuse of the Internet, including the use

of the Dark Net, for illicit drug-related purposes including the illicit trafficking and sales of drugs;

(n) Increase provision of technical assistance and capacity building at regional and international levels

against the use of technologies and cyber-space by drug trafficking networks and transnational

organized crime;

(o) Encourage the use of the INCB Guidelines for Governments on Preventing the Illegal Sale of

Internationally Controlled Substances through the Internet;

(p) Support measures on the use of the Internet for prevention purposes, in particular in the interest of

youth;

Operational recommendations on strengthening the principle of common and shared responsibility

and international cooperation

6. We reiterate our commitment

to support each other in our efforts to address the world drug problem,

based on

common and shared responsibility

and

to enhance international cooperation

and

we resolve

to implement the following

operational recommendations:

(a)

Establish objective, reliable monitoring systems for developing evidence-based drug policies and

encourage sharing of lessons learned;

(b) Provide UNODC and other United Nations entities and intergovernmental organizations having

pertinent technical expertise with adequate resources for data collection and analysis, and encourage

them to assist developing countries in strengthening their ability to fully utilize the information

available;

(c)

Strengthen specialized, targeted, effective and sustainable technical assistance, including adequate

financial assistance, training and equipment to developing countries, including transit countries, to

enhance their effective implementation of drug demand reduction and supply reduction measures;

(d) Call upon UNODC and other United Nations entities and intergovernmental organizations having

pertinent technical expertise to provide targeted capacity building and training to developing countries

to strengthen their ability to prevent and treat drug use and dependence, address NPS, ATS and the

misuse of pharmaceuticals as well as counter money-laundering and other drug-related crime, and

provide adequate resources for this purpose;

(e)

(f)

Enhance north-south and south-south cooperation;

Strengthen information exchange and sharing of good practices at regional level among practitioners

involved in demand reduction; among practitioners involved in supply reduction; and “between”

demand reduction and supply reduction practitioners and to report to the Commission on Narcotic

Drugs;

(g) Encourage the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to consider identifying additional quantifiable

indicators in the sphere of drug demand and supply reduction, where appropriate, as well as to

consider requesting the development of new guidelines and update existing ones;

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(h) Encourage the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to review the progress on the relevant sustainable

development goals in support of the work undertaken by the High Level Political Forum;

(i)

Encourage all relevant United Nations entities and specialized agencies to further increase their

involvement in the work of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs with a view to enhance system-wide

coherence towards supporting Member States in effectively addressing the world drug problem;

Operational recommendations on alternative development; regional, interregional and international

cooperation on development-oriented balanced drug control policy; addressing socio-economic issues

7. We reiterate our commitment to

addressing vulnerabilities through implementation of long-term,

sustainable alternative development programmes, including preventive alternative development

programmes and eradication programmes and

we resolve to implement the following

operational

recommendations:

Socio-economic issues and alternative development

(a)

Address broader causes, including poverty and social marginalization, when addressing drug control;

(b) Encourage the promotion of economic growth, support initiatives that contribute to the sustainability

of social and economic development, poverty eradication, measures for rural

development ,strengthening of local institutions, improving infrastructure, addressing negative

environmental consequences of crops, access to markets and the participation of local communities;

(c)

Elaborate and implement comprehensive sustainable approaches to reduce illicit crop cultivation and

consider their integration into national development policies and action plans;

(d) Strengthen international efforts, in close cooperation with local, national and international actors, to

develop and share best practices towards implementing the United Nations Guiding Principles on

Alternative Development, including lessons learned and good practices presented during the Second

International Conference on Alternative Development;

(e)

Consider the promotion of alternative livelihoods for those involved in illicit drugs-related activities

in urban areas;

Technical and financial cooperation for viable economic alternatives

(f)

Strengthen technical and financial cooperation and coordination of bilateral donors and multilateral

development agencies and provide long-term support for sustainable alternative development

programmes targeting the illicit cultivation of crops and addressing conditions that enable the

emergence of illicit drugs-related economies;

(g) Encourage the development of viable economic alternatives to illicit cultivation of crops and to the

involvement in other illicit drugs-related activities and consider financial or legal incentives for

communities to cooperate with authorities;

(h) Promote partnerships with the private sector to implement concrete measures targeted at job creation.

Recognizing

that addressing the world drug problem is a complex and continuous challenge and

appreciating

all efforts undertaken to protect and improve the lives of peoples,

We resolve to

redouble our collective efforts in addressing the world drug problem in the period leading

up to 2019, and to take all necessary steps to implement the above-listed operational recommendations,

in close partnership with the United Nations and other intergovernmental organizations and civil

society.