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VI. Resolutlom ,adopted oa tile repor11 of the Third Committee 1'1 34/176. United Nadons Trust Fund for Chile agencies in the designing and implementation of pro- grammes aimed at the eradication of illicit demand for and illicit traffic in drugs, The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 33/174 of 20 December 1978, by which it established the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile as a voluntary fund to receive contribu- tions and distribute, through established channels of assistance, humanitarian, legal and financial aid to per- sons whose human rights have been violated by deten- tion or imprisonment in Chile, to those forced to leave the country and to relatives of persons in the above- mentioned categories, Recalling also the appeal to Member States for pledges and contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile made by the Secretary-General in his letter dated 28 September 1979, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General of 8 November 1979126 on the implementation of reso- lution 33/174, in which he informed the General As- sembly that, as at 31 October 1979, no contributions or pledges of contributions had been received, 1. Notes that some Governments have since 31 October 1979 decided to contribute or make pledges of contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile;121 2. Appeals to Member States to respond favourably to the request for contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for Chile made in the letter of the Secretary- General dated 28 September 1979. 106th plenary meeting 17 December 1979 34 / 177. International co-operation in drug abuse control The General Assembly, Noting the continuing spread of drug abuse in many parts of the world and its harmful impact on developing and industrialized countries, Viewing with concern the detrimental effects drug abuse can have on all societies and individuals, par- ticularly young people, Recognizing that illicit traffic in drugs and the profits accruing therefrom to traffickers and criminal organiza- tions pose a threat to the socio-economic well-being of many countries and should be addressed through de- velopment assistance programmes together with intensi- fied law enforcement, education and demand reduction efforts, Noting with satisfaction the positive results that have been achieved in a number of countries, but at the same time expressing concern for the lack of realization of many of the objectives for drug abuse control set forth in the drug control treaties as well as in the resolutions and documents of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, the International Narcotics Control Board, the Inter- national Labour Organisation, the United Nations Edu- cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Health Organization, Recalling its resolution 33/168 of 20 December 1978, in which it requested more extensive and co- ordinated co-operation between Governments and rel- evant bodies of the United Nations and the specialized 126 A/34/658. 121 See A/34/658/Add.1. Bearing in mind the necessity for international drug abuse control strategy and policies, as requested in Gen- eral Assembly resolution 32/124 of 16 December 1977 and reiterated in Commission on Narcotic Drugs reso- lution 8 (XXVIII) of 23 February 1979,128 Having received the report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs,129 noted in Economic and Social Coun- cil decision 1979 / 18 of 9 May 1979, in which are pro- posed, in the annex to resolution 8 (XXVIII), principles to guide future international drug abuse control activities, 1. Takes note of the report of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs and requests all agencies and organ- izations concerned to implement paragraphs 2 and 3 of Commission resolution 8 (XXVIII), to elaborate a practical and dynamic drug abuse control programme, noting the principles annexed to that resolution, and to provide, within the existing regular budget, for the moni- toring of the implementation of the programme by the Commission; 2. Requests the Commission to finalize at its next special session, to be held in 1980, a meaningful pro- gramme of international drug abuse control strategy and policies aimed at eradicating illicit demand for, produc- tion of and traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, and to report to the Economic and Social Council at its first regular session of 1980 on the pro- gress achieved in this respect; 3. Invites Member States to take into account the principles set forth by the Commission in allocating, within their capabilities, national resources to drug abuse control programmes-including programmes to combat the illicit production of and trafficking in .nar- cotic and psychotropic substances and to reduce the demand for those drugs-and calls for greater tech- nical and financial contributions to those developing countries which are constrained by limited national re- sources in their efforts to implement drug abuse control programmes; 4. Further invites Member States to take appropriate measures for the prevention of uncontrolled or illicit manufacture and export of psychotropic substances and the chemical precursors of drugs of abuse such as acetic anhydride; 5. Urges States which have not yet become parties to the international drug control treaties to adhere to them and to make maximum efforts to implement them; 6. Further urges greater action by the specialized agencies and programmes of the United Nations, es- pecially the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organ- ization of the United Nations, the International Labour Organisation, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Development Programme, in developing and implementing, within their mandates, programmes aimed at the reduction of illicit production of and de- mand for drugs, and specifically requests those agencies to make this activity a regular item on the agendas of their governing bodies; 7. Requests the agencies and program.mes of the United Nations, the international financial institutions 128 Offecial Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1979, Supplement No. 5 (E/1979/35), chap. XIV. 129 Ibid., Supplement No. 5 (E/1979/35).

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