2.Member states of IGAD are encouraged to adopt all international instruments that sanction the trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as addressed in (i) 1961 UN single Convention on narcotic drugs (ii) the 1971 UN Convention of Psychotropic substances and (iii) the 1998 UN Convention on Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances 3.Development of common regional counter measures based on a spirit of solidarity among IGAD Mss and with a focus on the human rights of trafficked victims including harmonization of immigration laws; strengthened and modernized border management, cooperation and coordination between concerned ministries, particularly state security agencies, greater efforts to dismantle international organized criminal syndicates, signing of bilateral and multilateral agreements and prosecuting traffickers and others involved in such activities 4.
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