6) International drug treaties: Chapter 5

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Second Opium Conference

Entry into force

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3 February 1948, the date on which the amendments, as contained in the Annex to the Protocol of 11 December 1946, entered into force in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article VII of the Protocol.

CONVENTION PROTOCOL FINAL ACT

Signed in Geneva on February 19, 1925

Participant	Final signature of the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol, Succession to the Convention and the Protocol	Accession to the Convention as amended(a), Succession to the Convention as amended(d)
Afghanistan		29 jan 1957 a
South Africa	24 feb 1948
Algeria		31 oct 1963 a
Germany	12 aug 1959
Argentina	11 dec 1946
Australia	28 aug 1947
Austria	17 mai 1950
Bahamas	13 aug 1975
Belgium	11 dec 1946
Benin		5 dec 1961 d
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	14 dec 1946
Brazil	17 dec 1946
Burkina Faso		26 apr1963 a
Cambodia		3 oct 1951 d
Cameroon		20 nov 1961 d
Canada	11 dec 1946
Chile	11 dec 1946
Colombia	11 dec 1946
Congo		15 oct 1962 d
Ivory Coast		8 dec 1961 d
Danemark	15 jun 1949
Egypt	13 sep 1948
Ecuador	8 jun 1951
Spain	26 sep 1955
Ethiopia		9 sep 1947 a
Russia	25 oct 1947
Fiji	1 nov 1971
Finlandia	3 fev 1948
France	10 oct 1947
Ghana		7 apr 1958 d
Greece	21 fev 1949
Haïti	31 mai 1951
Honduras	11 dec 1946
Hongria	16 dec 1955
India	11 dec 1946
Indonedia		3 apr 1958 a
Iraq	14 sep 1950
Ireland	18 fev 1948
Israel		16 mai 1952 a
Italia	25 mars 1948
Jamaica		26 dec 1963 d
Japan	27 mar 1952
Jordan		7 mai 1958 a
Lesotho		4 nov 1974 d
Liban	13 dec 1946
Liechtenstein	25 sep 1947
Luxembourg	13 oct 1949
Malaisia		21 aug 1958 d
Malawi		22 jul 1965 d
Morrocco		7 nov 1956 d
Mauritius		18 jul 1969 d
Monaco	21 nov 1947
Niger		25 aug 1961 d
Nigeria		26 jun 1961 d
Norway	2 jul 1947
New Zealand	11 dec 1946
Ouganda		20 oct 1965 a
Papua New Guinea		28 oct 1980 d
Netherlands	10 mar 1948
Philippines	17 mai 1950
Polska	11 dec 1946
Syrian Arab Republic	11 dec 1946
Central African Republic		4 sep 1962 d
Congo		31 mai 1962 d
Laos		7 oct 1950 d
Dominican Republic	11 dec 1946
Czech Republic		30 dec 1993 d
Roumania	11 oct 1961
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	11 dec 1946
Rwanda		5 aug 1964 d
Senegal		2 mai 1963 d
Serbia		31 jul 2002 d
Sierra Leone		13 mar 1962 d
Slovakia		28 mai 1993 d
Sri Lanka		4 dec 1957 d
Sweeden	17 oct 1947
Switzerland	25 sep 1947
Thailand	27 oct 1947
Togo		27 fev 1962 d
Trinidad and Tobago		11 apr 1966 d
Turkey	11 dec 1946
Zambia		9 apr 1973 d

Notes :

L The 1925 Convention was amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success (New York) on 11 December 1946.
The Republic of Vietnam succeeded to the Convention on 11 August 1950. In this regard and concerning the successions of Cambodia and the Lao People's Democratic Republic, see note 1 under "Vietnam" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
The former Yugoslavia had accepted the Protocol on 19 May 1948. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section of the front matter of this volume.
For further information on Germany, see note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section of the front matter of this volume.
With a declaration of application to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
See note 1 under "New Zealand" in the "Historical Information" section of the front matter of this volume.
Czechoslovakia, by virtue of its definitive signature of the Protocol of 11 December 1946 amending the 1925 Convention, had become a participant in the Convention on the date of that signature. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.

These notes provide additional references and clarifications on the history of succession, accession, and amendment of the 1925 Convention by various countries, highlighting the evolution of international drug regulation through time and political changes.

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