The first special session of the United Nations General Assembly on drug control was held in the United Nations from 20 to 23 February. The official name of the meeting is "special session of the General Assembly on international cooperation against illicit production, supply, demand, trafficking and distribution of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances". This special session was decided by the 44th General Assembly at the initiative of former Colombian President Balko 1989. Representatives from more than 40 countries and regions including China attended the four-day meeting. The meeting unanimously adopted the Political Declaration and Global Action Plan on Drug Control and declared the year 2000 as the United Nations Decade for Drug Control.