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Ratifications or definitive accessions: Germany (August 15, 1929) : Subject to the reservation annexed to the minutes of the plenary session of February 16, 1925. (The validity of the signature and ratification of this Convention are subject to the condition of the presence of a German expert as a member of the Central Committee.) Argentina (April 18, 1946) Austria (November 25, 1927) Belgium (August 24, 1927) : Does not involve the Belgian Congo or the territory of Ruanda-Urundi placed under the mandate of Belgium. Belgian Congo and mandated territory of Ruanda-Urundi (17 décembre 1941 a) Bolivia (April 15, 1932 a)1. Does not undertake to restrict the cultivation or production of coca in the country, nor to prohibit the use of coca leaves among the indigenous population. 2. The export of coca leaves shall be subject to the control of the Bolivian Government by means of export certificates. 3. For the export of coca, the Bolivian Government designates the following places: Villazon, Yacuiba, Antofagasta, Arica and Mollendo. Brazil (June 10, 1932) British Empire (February 17, 1926) : The ratification does not extend to the Dominion of Canada or the Irish Free State, and, in accordance with the power reserved under Article 39 of the Convention, the said ratification does not bind the Colony of Bahamas or the State of Sarawak under the protection of Her Britannic Majesty. Sarawak State (11 mars 1926 a) Bahamas (22 oct 1926 a) Myanmar (17 fev 1926) Canada (27 jun 1928) Australia (17 fev 1926) New Zealand (February 17, 1926) Including the territory under mandate of Western Samoa. Union Sud Africaine (17 février 1926) Ireland (September 1, 1931) India (February 17, 1926) Iraq (August 8, 1931 a) Bulgaria (March 9, 1927) Chile (April 11, 1933) Colombia (December 3, 1930 a) Costa Rica (January 8, 1935 a) Cuba (July 6, 1931) Denmark (April 23, 1930) Dominican Republic (July 19, 1928 a) Egypt (March 16, 1926 a) Ecuador (October 23, 1934 a) Spain (June 22, 1928) Also engages the Spanish Colonies and the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco . Estonia (August 30, 1930 a) Finland (December 5, 1927 a) France (July 2, 1927) The French Government is obliged to make all its reservations with regard to the colonies, protectorates and countries under mandate, dependent on its authority, on the possibility of producing regularly, within the strictly allotted time, quarterly statistics provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 22. Greece (December 10, 1929) Haiti (November 30, 1938a) Honduras (September 21, 1934a) Hungary (August 27, 1930) Italia ( For the Kingdom and the colonies) (11 december 1929 a) Japan (October 10, 1928) Latvia (October 31, 1928) Liechtenstein Lithuania (February 13, 1931a) Luxembourg (27 March 1928 a) Monaco (9 february 1927 a) Norway (March 16, 1931a) New Hebrides (27 december 1927 a) Paraguay (June 25, 1941a) Netherlands (June 4, 1928) including the Dutch East Indies, Suriname and Curaçao . Poland (June 16, 1927) Portugal (September 13, 1926) Romania (May 18, 1928 a) San Marino (April 21, 1926 a) Salvador (December 2, 1926 a) Sudan (February 20, 1926) Sweden (December 6, 1930 a) Switzerland (April 3, 1929) Referring to the statement made by the Swiss delegation at the thirty-sixth plenary session of the conference, concerning the sending of quarterly statistics provided for in Article 22. Czechoslovakia (April 11, 1927) Thailand (October 11, 1929) Türkiye (April 3, 1933 a) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (October 31, 1935 a) Uruguay (September 11, 1930 a) Venezuela (June 19, 1929 a) Yugoslavia (ex) (September 4, 1929) Signatures or accessions not yet followed by ratification. Albania Iran Ad referendum and subject to the satisfaction of the League of Nations of the request of Iran set forth in its memorandum O.D.C.24.Acts subsequent to the date on which the Secretary-General of the United Nations assumed the functions of depositary |
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In this regard,
The Secretary-General received on 16 March 1976 the following communication from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany:
" The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany declares, with regard to the communication of the German Democratic Republic, dated 31 January, concerning the application as from 7 April 1958 of the International Opium Convention of 19 February 1925, that, in the relations between the German Democratic Republic, the effect of this declaration does not extend beyond 21 June 1973."
Subsequently, in a communication received on 17 June 1976, the Government of the German Democratic Republic stated:
" The Government of the German Democratic Republic is of the opinion that, in accordance with the applicable rules of international law and the international practice of States, the regulation of the reapplication of agreements concluded under international law is a matter within the internal competence of the successor States concerned.
The German Democratic Republic is therefore entitled to determine the date of reapplication of the International Opium Convention of 19 February 1925, to which it has declared itself to be a party by way of succession."
See also note 1 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
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