Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961:Article 2 Amendments to the title of article 9 of the Single Convention and its paragraph 1 and insertion of new paragraphs 4 and 5

Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961

Article 2 Amendments to the title of article 9 of the Single Convention and its paragraph 1 and insertion of new paragraphs 4 and 5

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The title of article 9 of the Single Convention shall be amended to read as follows: ‘Composition and Functions of the Board’

Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Single Convention shall be amended to read as follows:

1

The Board shall consist of thirteen members to be elected by the Council as follows:

(a)

Three members with medical, pharmacological or pharmaceutical experience from a list of at least five persons nominated by the World Health Organization; and

(b)

Ten members from a list of persons nominated by the Members of the United Nations and by Parties which are not Members of the United Nations.

The following new paragraphs shall be inserted after paragraph 3 of article 9 of the Single Convention:

4

The Board, in co-operation with Governments, and subject to the terms of this Convention, shall endeavour to limit the cultivation, production, manufacture and use of drugs to an adequate amount required for medical and scientific purposes, to ensure their availability for such purposes and to prevent illicit cultivation, production and manufacture of, and illicit trafficking in and use of, drugs.

5

All measures taken by the Board under this Convention shall be those most consistent with the intent to further the co-operation of Governments with the Board and to provide the mechanism for a continuing dialogue between Governments and the Board which will lend assistance to and facilitate effective national action to attain the aims of this Convention. ’

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