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(Prepared by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph 1 of Economic and Social Council resolution 914 D (XXXIV) of 3 August 1962)
Foreword
This Commentary has been issued in pursuance of paragraph 1 of Ecomic and Social Council Resolution 914 D (XXXIV) of 3 August 1962. The Secretary General wishes to express his thanks to Mr. Adolf Lande, former Secretary of the Permanent Central Narcotics Board and the drug Supervisory Body, for his valuable assistance in preparing the Commentary.
Abbreviations
The following abbreviations are used in the commentary:
The "Single Convention", for the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, done at New York on 30 March 1961, reproduced in United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 520, p. 151
The "Second Draft", for the second draft of the Single Convention, document E/CN.7/ AC.3/7 and Corrl (English and Spanish only)
The "Third Draft", for the third draft of the Single Convention, which served as the working document of the Plenipotentiary Conference, documents E/CN.7/AC.3/9 andE/CN.7/AC.3/9/Add.l, both documents being reproduced in the "Records" vol. II, pp. 1-31 The "Records", for the Official Records of the United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, documents E/CONF.34/24 and E/CONF.34/24/Add.l, reproduced respectively in United Nations publications, Sales Nos. 63;X!.4 and 63.XI.5 The "Commentary on the 1931 Convention", for the publication entitled "Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs of July 13th, 1931, Historical and Technical Study by the Opium Traffic Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations", League of Nations, document C.191.M.136.1937.XI. (Series of League of Nations publications 1937.XI.3)
The "Model Code", for the Model Administrative Codes to the International Opium Conventions of 1925 and 1931, League of Nations, document C.774.M.365.-1932.XI. (Series of League of Nations publications 1932.XI.8)
The "Board", for the International Narcotics Control Board
The "Commission", for the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Economic and Social Council
The "Council", for the Economic and Social Council
The "Permanent Central Board", for the organ which became known as the Permanent Central Opium Board and later the Permanent Central Narcotics Board [Permanent Central Board being the treaty name of that former international organ, established under chapter Vl of the 1925 Convention]
The "Plenipotentiary Conference", for the United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which met in New York from 24 January to 25 March 1961
The "Supervisory Body", for the organ which became known as the Drug Supervisory Body [Supervisory Body being the treaty name of that former international organ, established under chapter II of the 1931 Convention]
"WHO", for the World Health Organization
The "1912 Convention", for the International Opium Convention, signed at The Hague on 23 January 1912, referred to in article 44, para. 1, subpara. (a) of the Single Convention, and reproduced in League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. VIII, p. 187
The "1925 Agreement", for the Agreement concerning the Suppression of the Manufacture of, Internal Trade in, and Use of Prepared Opium, signed at Geneva on 11 Februarv 1925,referred to in artide 44, para. 1, subpara. (h), of the Single Convention, and reproduced in League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. LI, p. 337
The "1925 Convention", for the International Opium Convention, signed at Geneva on 19 Februarv 1925, referred to in article 44, para. 1, subpara. © of the Single Convention, and reproduced in League of Nations, Treary Series, vol. LXXXI, p. 317
The "1931 Convention", for the Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, signed at Geneva on 13 July 1931, referred to in artide 44, para. 1, subpara. (d) of the Single Convention, and reproduced in League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. CXXXIX, p. 301
The "1931 Agreement", for the Agreement concerning the Suppression of Opium Smoking, signed at Bangkok on 27 November 1931, referred to in article 44, para. 1, subpara. (e), of the Single Convention, and reproduced in League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. CLXXVII, p. 373.
The "1936 Convention", for the Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, signed at Geneva on 26 June 1936, referred to in article 44 para. 2, of the Single Corrvention, and reproduced in League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. CXCVIll, p. 299
The "1946 Protocol", for the Protocol amending the Agreements, Conventions and Protocols on Narcotic Drugs, concluded at The Hague on 23 January 1912, at Geneva on 11 February 1925 and 19 February 1925 and 13 July 1931, at Bangkok on 27 November 1931 and at Geneva on 26 June 1936, signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946, referred to in article 44, para. 1, subpara. (¯, of the Single Convention, and reproduced in United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 12, p. 179
The~ "1948 Protocol", for the Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as Amended by the Protocol Signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 Decembel 1946, signed at Paris on 19 November 1948, referred to in article 44, para. 1, subpara. (h), of the Single Convention, and reproduced in United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 44, p. 277
The "1953 Protocol", for the Protocol for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant, the Production of; International and Wholesale Trade in, and Use of Opium, signed at New York on 23 June 1953, referred to in article 44, para. 1, subpara. (i), of the Single Convention, and reproduced in United Nations, Treaty Serics, vol. 456, p. 3
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