International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. 1987 In June, the United Nations Ministerial International Conference on Drug Control was held in Vienna, Austria. More than 3000 representatives from 138 countries attended the meeting.
At the end of the 26th meeting, the delegates unanimously passed a resolution to designate June 26th of each year as "International Anti-Drug Day" from 1988, so as to draw attention to the drug problem all over the world and call on people all over the world to make joint efforts to solve the drug problem.
In February of the same year, the 42nd UN General Assembly passed a resolution, and decided to designate June 26th as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.