fromtheexisting international drugcontrol agreements andthespecific mandate included inresolutions oftheGeneral Assembly andtheEconomic andSocial Council. Ithasrecently intensified itsco-operation withthespecialized agencies. UNFDAC, financed byvoluntary contributions, playsanimportant rolein thisfieldbydeveloping programmes tocombattheproduction, trafficking anduse ofillicit drugsandbyfinancing projects tobecarried outbytheexecuting agencies. In1983,itsbudgetwas$US9.5million. Theseprojects coverthe entirerangeofnarcotic control activities, including integrated rural development/crop substitution, treatment andrehabilitation ofdrugaddicts, preventive education andinformation, lawenforcement assistance andtraining and research. Thereportnoteswithinterest thedesignation oftheUnder­ Secretary-General forPolitical andGeneral Assembly Affairs asresponsible for overall co-ordination ofallUnit~dNations drugcontrol-related activities. 42.Actions takenbythespecialized agencies havealsobeenreviewed. WHOhasa specific programme, financed bybothregular budget andextrabudgetary sources. ItsExecutive Boarddiscusses thequestion ofdrl!gabuseonaregular basis. The increasing magnitude andserious natureofdrugdependence anddrugabusehasled theWorldHealthAssembly toadoptseveral resolutions inrelation toabuseof narcotics andpsychbtropic substances. WHOhaspUblished the"Guidelines forthe Control ofNarcotics andPsychotropic Substances intheContext ofthe International Treaties". Asregards otherspecialized agencies, ILOworkswithin theframework ofvocational rehabilitation andsocialintegration ofdrug-dependent peopleJ FAOonagricultural aspectsJ UNESCOinthefieldofpreventive education, including publicinformationJ andtheUniversal Postal Union(UPU)relating to conflicts between UPUtreaties andtheinternational drugcontrol treaties with regardtomailintransit. UNDPisalsoactiveintheexecution ofprojects of UNFDAC. 43.Therehasbeennoformalinter-secretariat co-ordination mechanism. The Administrative Committee onCo-ordination hasnotbeenveryactiveinthisarea. However, attheinitiative oftheDivision ofNarcotic Drugs, adhocinter-agency meetings havebeenconvened, whicharefounduseful. 44.TheInspectors conclude thatresponse totheappeals oftheGeneral Assembly forgreater activity bytheUnitedNations systemindrugabusecontrol hasnot beensatisfactory andtheymakethefollowing recommendations: (a)Drugabusecontrol needstobeconsidered atahighandresponsible level intheinter-secretariat machinerYJ -15-(b)Thespecialized agencies shouldfurther develop specific drugcontrolprogrammes andactivities forconsideration bytheirmember Governments; (c)Adhocinter-agency co-ordination meetings should becontinued andshoulddiscuss individual reports ofeachorganization co,lcerning itsplansandactivitiesundertaken; (d)TheUnder-Secretary-General forPolitical andGeneral Assembly Affairs,whowasdesignated astheoverall co-ordinator ofallUnitedNations druqcontrol-related activities, shouldparticipate actively intheCommission onNarcotic Drugsandinter-agency meetings; (elGovernments concerned should beencouraged totakepositive stepsondrugabusecontrols andshouldusetheirownresources whenever possihle. 45.Thereportwassenton5November 1984totheexecutive headsofallparticipating organizations ofJIUforaction. F.Report ontheEconomic andSocial Commission forAsiaandthePacific (JIU/REP/85/ll 13/ 46.ThereportisoneofaseriesinwhichJIUhasbeenexamining theimplementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 32/197of20December 1977ontherestructuring oftheeconomic andsocialsectors oftheUnitedNations system. Inaregionofgreatdiversity, withmanylevelsofsocialandeconomic conditions andawidevariety ofdevelopment problems, thetaskoftheEconomic andSocialCommission forAsiaandthePacific (ESCAPlistoservetheneedsoftheseveralcountries insuchawayastopromote theircommon good. Todothis,theCommission has,inrecentyears,extended itstraditional roleofanalysingproblems andpro~osing solutions intothemoreactivearenaofoperations. Ithasassumed aserious respOnsibility forexecutinq programmes andprojects inthemannerofthespecialized agencies. TheInspectors consider thisnewemphasis averyencouraging oneandhavenotedpositive signsthattheCommission secretariatisadjusting tothedemands ofitsnewcommitment.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the United Nations' efforts to combat drug abuse and control drug trafficking. The report highlights the various programs and activities undertaken by different UN agencies, such as UNFDAC, WHO, ILO, FAO, UNESCO, and UNDP. The text also discusses the coordination mechanisms between these agencies and the need for greater cooperation to address the growing problem of drug abuse.

**Category**
Health, International relations