Combating drugs and drug gangs in the policies of international organizations “Case studies of the United Nations and the League of Arab States”

This study deals with research and analysis the international developments to combat drugs, the strategies adopted in order to reduce the supply of them, as well as the mechanisms required to reduce the demand for them. Drug combating has become an urgent issue for members of the international community, because the serious risks associated with it, which undermine the stability of peoples and the integrity of life in them. This necessitated concerted international efforts to develop legislative and executive mechanisms to confront. There is a number of international Conventions  related to drug control were concluded, topped by the Single Convention on Narcotics Combating in 1961 and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, as well as the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. Of 1988, and the Arab Convention to Combat Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1994. The study also dealt with research and analysis the United Nations drug combating strategy, and the relevant executive mechanisms. It also dealt with the Arab strategy to combat drugs and the operational stages that were set to ensure the activation of that strategy.
The study emphasized the importance of strengthening global international cooperation, regional international cooperation, or international cooperation at the subregional or bilateral level between the internal judicial authorities of all countries of the world, with which international cooperation agreements are concluded, on the one hand, and the importance of law enforcement to confront criminal organizations involved in drug and psychotropic crimes. Production, smuggling, promotion and laundering of funds derived therefrom, and all related criminal activities.