A/HRC/39/39 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 14 September 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-ninth session 10–28 September 2018 Agenda items 2 and 8 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Implementation of the joint commitment to effectively addressing and countering the world drug problem with regard to human rights* Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 37/42. In the report, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights discusses the implementation of the joint commitment of States to effectively address and counter the world drug problem with regard to human rights. * The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect the most recent developments. GE.18-15276(E) 