16) International Drug Treaties: Chapter 13

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Protocol placing certain drugs not covered by the Convention of July 13, 1931, under international control to limit production and regulate the distribution of narcotics, amended by the Protocol signed in Lake Success, New York, on December 11, 1946. Paris, November 19, 1948.

Entry into force	:	December 1, 1949, in accordance with Article 6.
Registration			:	December 1, 1949

Participant	Signature	Final signature(s), Acceptance(A), Succession(d)
Afghanistan		19 nov 1948 s
Afrique du Sud		8 déc 1948 s
Albanie	19 nov 1948	25 juil 1949 A
Allemagne		12 août 1959 A
Arabie saoudite		19 nov 1948 s
Argentine	19 nov 1948
Australie		19 nov 1948 s
Autriche		17 mai 1950 A
Bahamas		13 août 1975 d
Biélorussie		19 nov 1948 s
Belgique	19 nov 1948	21 nov 1951 A
Bénin		5 déc 1961 d
Bolivie (État plurinational de)	19 nov 1948
Brésil	19 nov 1948	9 déc 1959 A
Burkina Faso		26 avr 1963 A
Cameroun		20 nov 1961 d
Canada		19 nov 1948 s
Chili	19 nov 1948
Chine		19 nov 1948 s
Colombie	19 nov 1948
Congo		15 oct 1962 d
Costa Rica	19 nov 1948
Côte d'Ivoire		8 déc 1961 d
Cuba		30 juin 1961 A
Danemark	19 nov 1948	19 oct 1949 A
Égypte	6 déc 1948	16 sept 1949 A
El Salvador	19 nov 1948	31 déc 1959 A
Équateur	19 nov 1948	30 août 1962 A
Espagne		26 sept 1955 s
États-Unis d'Amérique	19 nov 1948
Éthiopie		5 mai 1949 s
Fédération de Russie		7 mai 1959 A
Fidji		1 nov 1971 d
Finlande		31 oct 1949 A
France	19 nov 1948	11 janv 1949 A
Ghana		7 avr 1958 d
Grèce	7 déc 1948	29 juil 1952 A
Guatemala	19 nov 1948
Honduras	19 nov 1948
Hongrie		2 juil 1957 A
Inde	19 nov 1948	10 nov 1950 A
Indonésie		21 févr 1951 A
Iraq	12 juil 1949	27 juil 1954 A
Irlande		11 août 1952 A
Israël		16 mai 1952 A
Italie		14 mars 1949 s
Jamaïque		26 déc 1963 d
Japon		5 mai 1952 A
Jordanie		7 mai 1958 A
Lesotho		4 nov 1974 d
Liban		19 nov 1948 s
Libéria	19 nov 1948
Liechtenstein	19 nov 1948	24 mai 1961 A
Luxembourg	19 nov 1948	17 oct 1952 A
Malaisie		21 août 1958 d
Malawi		22 juil 1965 d
Maroc		7 nov 1956 d
Maurice		18 juil 1969 d
Mexique		19 nov 1948 s
Monaco		19 nov 1948 s
Monténégro		23 oct 2006 d
Myanmar	19 nov 1948	2 mars 1950 A
Nicaragua	19 nov 1948	13 janv 1961 A
Niger		25 août 1961 d
Nigéria		26 juin 1961 d
Norvège	19 nov 1948	24 mai 1949 A
Nouvelle-Zélande		19 nov 1948 s
Ouganda		15 avr 1965 A
Pakistan	21 nov 1948	27 août 1952 A
Panama	19 nov 1948
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée		28 oct 1980 d
Paraguay	19 nov 1948	15 août 2001 A
Pays-Bas (Royaume des)	19 nov 1948	26 sept 1950 A
Pérou	19 nov 1948
Philippines	10 mars 1949	7 déc 1953 A
Pologne		26 janv 1949 s
République centrafricaine		4 sept 1962 d
République démocratique du Congo		13 août 1962 d
République démocratique populaire lao		7 oct 1950 d
République dominicaine	19 nov 1948	9 juin 1958 A
République tchèque		30 déc 1993 d
République-Unie de Tanzanie		7 oct 1964 A
Roumanie	19 nov 1948	11 oct 1961 A
Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord		19 nov 1948 s
Rwanda		19 mai 1964 d
Saint-Marin	19 nov 1948
Sénégal		2 mai 1963 d
Serbie		12 mars 2001 d
Sierra Leone		13 mars 1962 d
Slovaquie		28 mai 1993 d
Sri Lanka		17 janv 1949 A
Suède		3 mars 1949 s
Suisse	19 nov 1948	18 mars 1953 A
Togo		27 févr 1962 d
Tonga		5 sept 1973 d
Trinité-et-Tobago		11 avr 1966 d
Türkiye	19 nov 1948	14 juil 1950 A
Ukraine	19 nov 1948	7 mai 1959 A
Uruguay	22 nov 1948
Venezuela (République bolivarienne du)	19 nov 1948
Vietnam		11 août 1950 d
Yémen		12 déc 1949 s
Zambie		9 avr 1973 d
Zimbabwe		1 déc 1998 d

Application territoriale

Participant	Date de réception de la notification	Territoire
Australie	19 nov 1948	All territories that Australia represents internationally, including the Trust Territories of New Guinea and Nauru
Belgique	27 janv 1953	Congo belge et Territoire sous tutelle du Ruanda-Urundi
Danemark	19 oct 1949	Groenland
France	15 sept 1949	Department of Algeria, overseas departments (Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Réunion), overseas territories (French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, French Somaliland, Madagascar and dependencies, Comoros archipelago, French establishments in India, New Caledonia and dependencies, French establishments in Oceania, Saint Pierre and Miquelon), Tunisia and Morocco (French zone of the Cherifian Empire), territories under trusteeship of Togo and Cameroon under French administration.
	25 nov 1949	Viet Nam
	28 déc 1949	Laos
Italie	12 mars 1954	Territoire de la Somalie sous administration italienne
Pays-Bas (Royaume des)	14 août 1952	Antilles néerlandaises, Nouvelle-Guinée néerlandaise et Suriname
Nouvelle-Zélande	19 nov 1948	All territories which New Zealand represents internationally including the Trust Territory of Western Samoa
Afrique du Sud	5 oct 1954	Territoire du Sud-Ouest Africain (Namibie)
Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord	19 nov 1948	Aden, Bahamas, Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Brunei, Cyprus, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and dependencies, Federation of Malaysia, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gold Coast Colony, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Islands, Malta, Mauritius, Newfoundland, Nigeria, North Borneo, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Saint Helena, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia Protectorate, Southern Rhodesia, Tanganyika, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda Protectorate, Windward Islands, and Zanzibar Protectorate
	27 févr 1950	New Hebrides under Franco-British condominium.
États-Unis d'Amérique	11 août 1950	Territoires des États-Unis d'Amérique

Here is the summary information of the final grades provided:

Official documents of the General Assembly : This note refers to the Official Records of the Third Session, Part I, Resolutions (A/810), page 62, for details of the resolutions adopted at that session.
Viet Nam : Viet Nam succeeded to the Protocol on 11 August 1950. For further information on the succession by the Lao People's Democratic Republic, as well as on Viet Nam, see note 1 under “Viet Nam” in the “Historical Information” section of the volume's front matter..
Allemagne et Berlin (Ouest) : For information on the legal situation of Berlin (West) in relation to Germany, see note 1 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section of the volume's front matter..
Allemagne (suite) : See note 2 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section of the volume's front matter for additional information regarding Germany.
Chine : For details of signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China, see note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section of the front matter of the volume.
Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irlande du Nord : See note 2 under “United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” in the “Historical Information” section of the volume’s front matter for additional information.
Monténégro : For details on Montenegro, see note 1 under “Montenegro” in the “Historical Information” section of the volume's front matter.
Nouvelle-Zélande et Tokélau : See note 1 under “New Zealand” regarding Tokelau in the “Historical Information” section of the volume's front matter for additional information.
Tchécoslovaquie : Czechoslovakia signed and ratified the Protocol on 19 November 1948 and 17 January 1950, respectively. See note 1 under “Czech Republic” and “Slovakia” for details on Czechoslovakia.
Ex-Yougoslavie : The former Yugoslavia signed and accepted the Protocol on 19 November 1948 and 10 June 1949, respectively. See note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia" and "Yugoslavia" for more information on these regions..
République arabe du Yémen : The formality was carried out by the Yemen Arab Republic. See note 1 under “Yemen” for further details.

These notes provide information on ratifications, accessions, and other actions relating to international treaties in the field of narcotics, clarifying the positions and legal changes of the different countries involved.

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