General Assembly

Distr. GENERAL  

7 December 1987

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                                                       A/RES/42/111
                                                       93rd plenary meeting
                                                       7 December 1987
 
       Preparation of a draft convention against illicit traffic
             in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances
 
     The General Assembly,
 
     Recalling its resolutions 33/168 of 20 December 1978, 35/195 of
15 December 1980, 36/132 of 14 December 1981, 36/168 of 16 December 1981,
37/168 of 17 December 1982, 37/198 of 18 December 1982, 38/93 and 38/122 of
16 December 1983, 39/141 and 39/143 of 14 December 1984, 40/120, 40/121 and
40/122 of 13 December 1985, 41/125, 41/126 and 41/127 of 4 December 1986 and
other relevant provisions,
 
     Recalling also the provisions of its resolution 41/126, in which it is
recognized that the preliminary draft convention prepared by the
Secretary-General in compliance with Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution
1 (S-IX) of 14 February 1986 constitutes a positive step in the preparation of
the convention and that the elements included in the draft correspond to many
of the interests of the international community in its efforts to confront the
problem of illicit drug trafficking,
 
     Emphasizing the importance of the contribution that will be made by the
convention in supplementing the existing international instruments on the
subject, namely the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, as amended by
the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961,
and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971,
 
     Recalling that in paragraph 3 of its resolution 41/126 it requested the
Commission on Narcotic Drugs to continue the preparation of the draft
convention so that it might be effective, and widely acceptable, and enter
into force at an early date,
 
     1.   Expresses its appreciation to and commends the Secretary-General for
the report submitted to the International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking on progress achieved in the preparation of a new convention
against illicit traffic in drugs;
 
     2.   Underlines the importance of the appeal made by the Conference in
paragraph 3 of its Declaration, in which it called for the urgent but careful
preparation and finalization, taking into account the various aspects of
illicit trafficking, of the draft convention against illicit traffic in
narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to ensure its entry into force at
the earliest possible date as a complement to existing international
instruments;
 
     3.   Welcomes the report of the meeting of the Intergovernmental Expert
Group on the preparation of the draft convention, in accordance with
Commission on Narcotic Drugs resolution 1 (XXXII) of 10 February 1987, and
urges Member States to submit in due course their observations on the draft
revised by the Expert Group;
 
     4.   Requests the Secretary-General, using existing resources, to
consider the possibility of convening the Intergovernmental Expert Group for a
period of two weeks immediately prior to the tenth special session of the
Commission on Narcotic Drugs in order to continue revision of the working
paper on the draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances and, if possible, to reach agreement on the
convention;
 
     5.   Requests the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, through the Economic and
Social Council, to consider and, if possible, approve at its tenth special
session the draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and
psychotropic substances, and to prepare recommendations on the next measures
to be taken with a view to concluding the preparation of the convention,
including the possibility of convening a plenipotentiary conference in 1988
for its adoption;
 
     6.   Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary administrative
arrangements for the convening of any agreed plenipotentiary conference in
1988 for the signing of the convention against illicit traffic in narcotic
drugs and psychotropic substances;
 
     7.   Once again urges all States that have not yet done so to ratify or
to accede to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, as amended by
the 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961,
and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971;
 
     8.   Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at
its forty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution.