Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2022

Seventy-seventh session, Agenda item 111: International drug control

The General Assembly, Underscoring that the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol,1 the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971,2 the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 19883 and other relevant international instruments constitute the cornerstone of the international drug control system, Reaffirming the outcome document of the thirtieth special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Our joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem”,4 in its entirety, and reiterating that the operational recommendations contained therein are integrated, indivisible, multidisciplinary and mutually reinforcing and are aimed at a comprehensive, integrated and balanced approach to addressing and countering the world drug problem, Welcoming the 2019 Ministerial Declaration on Strengthening Our Actions at the National, Regional and International Levels to Accelerate the Implementation of Our Joint Commitments to Address and Counter the World Drug Problem5 adopted at the ministerial segment of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which was held to take stock of the implementation of the commitments made over the past decade to jointly address and counter the world drug problem....