11. Troubled that new psychoactive substances have the same effect as drugs currently under international control, 12. Deeply concerned about the variety of new psychoactive substances and the rapid pace of their emergence and spread on the illicit market, as well as the role played by the Internet and the media in the sale and spread of these substances, 13. Also concerned about the potential for organized transnational criminal groups to engage in illegal trafficking in these substances, 14. Stressing the progress made by a number of participating States in identifying, monitoring and reporting on new psychoactive substances, 15. Recognizing the importance of existing national legislative, regulatory and administrative measures in ensuring a timely and effective response to the emergence of new psychoactive substances when such substances are designed and marketed, 16. Welcoming the efforts made by a number of participating States to develop a timely and effective legislative, regulatory and administrative response to the emergence of new psychoactive substances, 17. Noting the various legislative, regulatory and administrative approaches taken by participating States to resolve the problem of the emergence of new psychoactive substances, in particular the enactment of legislation on controlled substance analogues and general laws describing the chemical structure of substances, the promotion of multifaceted regulatory approaches and temporary or emergency control measures and operational planning procedures, and the adoption of vigorous measures in the field of public health, including with regard to pharmaceutical products, consumer protection and dangerous substances, 18. Recognizing the value of the programme “Global Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends” of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the collection of data on new psychoactive substances, 19. Also recognizing the value of the UNODC’s early-warning information system on new psychoactive substances and the successful functioning of the informationcommunication Project of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs for a better understanding of the problem of new psychoactive substances, 20. Paying tribute to the work of the World Health Organization in submitting recommendations on new psychoactive substances to the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 21. Bearing in mind the UNODC’s report entitled “The Challenge of New Psychoactive Substances”, published in March 2013, which contains a comprehensive overview of the nature and dimensions of the problem, 41