special session, such as the seventeenth special session of the General Assembly. It also had before it the resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session concerning international action to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking. * See paragraph 131 and annex II below. - 5 - 4. In its resolution 44/16 of 1 November 1989, the Assembly decided to convene a special session, at a high political level, to consider as a matter of urgency the question of international co-operation against illicit production, supply, demand, trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs, with a view to expanding the scope and increasing the effectiveness of such co-operation. In its decision 44/410 of 14 November 1989, the Assembly requested the Commission at its eleventh special session to consider the question of the enhancement of the role of the United Nations in the fight against illicit drugs and to formulate its views thereon for the benefit of the work of the Assembly at its special session, taking into account all relevant resolutions and decisions of the Assembly at its forty-fourth session; in that decision, the Assembly also invited the Commission to transmit to the Assembly at its special session any views on matters pertaining to that session. In its resolution 44/140 of 15 December 1989, the Assembly encouraged the Commission to begin consideration of measures that could be recommended to Governments for the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1/ adopted in 1988. In that resolution, the Assembly also invited the Commission to identify-suitable measures to be taken prior to the entry into force of that Convention. 5. All those who spoke on sub-item 9 (a) pointed to the deteriorating situation regarding drug abuse and the devastating effect of that phenomenon 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the issue of drug abuse and illicit trafficking, and the efforts of the United Nations to combat this problem. It mentions the adoption of resolutions and decisions by the General Assembly, the role of the Commission, and the need for international cooperation. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, or industry, but it does touch on health and humanitarian aid, as drug abuse and trafficking have negative impacts on individuals and communities.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief