involved in its formulation. The priorities to be established should be balanced and realistic. The global programme of action should specify a clear set of achievable goals and identify the resources for their implementation within a given time-frame. It should give equal consideration to issues involving both illicit supply and demand, along the lines of the Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Outline. It should also place particular emphasis on policies to curb the rising illicit demand for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances by intensified preventive and other measures, including public information, education, treatment and rehabilitation. Furthermore, it should provide the structures and processes for the implementation of those policies. It was also stressed that the specific programmes to be developed within the framework of the global programme of action should be evaluated periodically by impartial experts. 12. Referring to the areas to be considered for inclusion in the global programme of action that were stipulated in paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 44/141 of 15 December 1989, one representative expressed his reservation with regard to subparagraphs 5 (h), (i) and (j). In his view, each State should have the right to maintain control over its training programmes and the allocation of resources to them. Moreover, each State pledging experienced narcotics agents and experts to a reserve pool should retain control over when and how its narcotics agents and experts were utilized, should such a reserve pool be established. Finally, he said that the establishment of a facility to gather and collate information on the financial flow from drug-related funds would lead to duplication of efforts while neglecting legitimate privacy concerns. Instead, the proposal should be reshaped to encourage further bilateral and multilateral exchanges of such information. The United Nations could play an important role in facilitating such exchanges by serving as a repository of information on laws and 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the formulation of a global programme of action to address the issue of drug-related problems, including the control of illicit supply and demand, and the need for policies to curb the rising demand for narcotics and psychotropic substances. It also touches on the importance of evaluating specific programmes and facilitating information exchange between countries. Given the focus on a specific issue and the need for international cooperation, it seems likely that the text falls under a category related to global issues or international cooperation.

**Category**
Health, International trade