8) International drug treaties: Chapter 7

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Conference for the limitation of the manufacture of narcotics»

Geneva, July 13, 1931

Entry into force	:	21 November 1947, 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.
Registration		:	9 jul 1933,

Participant	Final signature of the Protocol, Acceptance of the Protocol, Succession to the Convention and the Protocol, Ratification of the Convention and the Protocol	Ratification of the Convention as amended, Accession to the Convention as amended(a), Succession to the Convention as amended(d)
Afghanistan	11 dec 1946
South Africa	24 fevr 1948
Albania	23 jun 1947
Algéria		31 oct 1963 a
Germanie	12 aug 1959
Saudi Arabia	11 dec 1946
Argentins	11 dec 1946
Australia	28 aug 1947
Austria	17 mai 1950
Bahamas	13 aug 1975
Belgium	11 dec 1946
Benin		5 dec 1961 d
Brazil	17 dec 1946
Burkina Faso		26 apr 1963 a
Combodia		3 oct 1951 d
Cameroon		20 nov 1961 d
Canada	11 dec 1946
Chile	11 dec 1946
China	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
USA	12 aug 1947
Ethiopia		9 sep 1947
Russia	25 oct 1947
Fiji	1 nov 1971
Finlandia	3 fev 1948
France	10 oct 1947
Ghana		7 apr 1958 d
Greese	21 fev 1949
Guinea		26 avp 1962 d
Haïti	31 mai 1951
Honduras	11 dec 1946
Hongria	16 dec 1955
Inde	11 dec 1946
Indonesia		3 apr 1958 a
Iran	11 dec 1946
Iraq	14 sep 1950
Irlande	18 fev 1948
Israrl		16 mai 1952 a
Italia	25 mar 1948
Jamaica		26 dec 1963 d
Japon	27 mars 1952
Jordan		12 apr 1954 a
Lesotho		4 nov 1974 d
Liban	13 dec 1946
Liechtenstein	25 sep 1947
Malaisia		21 aug 1958 d
Malawi		22 juil 1965 d
Morocco		7 nov 1956 d
Mauritius		18 jul 1969 d
Mexiqco	11 dec 1946
Monaco	21 nov 1947
Montenegro		23 oct 2006 d
Nicaragua	24 apr 1950
Niger		25 aug 1961 d
Nigeria		26 jun 1961 d
Norway	2 jul 1947
New Zealand	11 dec 1946
Uganda		20 oct 1965 a
Panama	15 dec 1946
Papua New Guinea	28 oct 1980
Neetherland	10 mar 1948
Philippines	25 mai 1950
Polska	11 dec 1946
Syrian Arab Republic	11 dec 1946
Central African Republic		4 sep 1962 d
Democratic Republic of Congo		31 mai 1962 d
Laos		7 oct 1950 d
Dominican Republic	11 dec 1946
Czech Republic		30 dec 1993 d
United Republic of Tanzania		3 jul 1964 a
Roumania	11 oct 1961
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	11 dec 1946
Rwanda		5 mai 1964 d
Senegal		2 mai 1963 d
Serbia		12 mars 2001 d
Sierra Leone		13 mars 1962 d
Slovakia		28 mai 1993 d
Sri Lanka		4 dec 1957 a
Sweeden	17 oct 1947
Switzerland	25 sep 1947
Thailand	27 oct 1947
Togo		27 fev 1962 d
Trinidad and Tobago		11 avp 1966 d
Turkey	11 dec 1946
Zambia		9 avp 1973 d

Territorial application

Participant	Date of receipt of notification	Territory
France	17 mar 1950	New Hebrides archipelago under Franco-British condominium
UK	5 apr 1949	Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony
	17 mar 1950	New Hebrides
	13 fev 1952	Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate and Swaziland

Notes :

The Agreement was amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on December 11, 1946.
The Republic of Viet Nam succeeded to the Convention on 11 August 1950. By joint notifications received from the Governments of France and Viet Nam on 11 August 1950, from the Governments of France and Laos on 7 October 1950, and from the Governments of France and Cambodia on 3 October 1951, notice was given of the transfer of the obligations and liabilities arising from the application of this Convention in those countries. See also note 1 under “Viet Nam” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
See note 1 under “Germany” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
See the note concerning signatures, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under “China” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume).
The Government of the Swiss Confederation, in the instrument of acceptance of the Protocol, declared that the declaration of acceptance also applied to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.
Czechoslovakia, by virtue of its definitive signature on 11 December 1946 of the Protocol of 11 December 1946 amending the 1931 Convention, had become a participant in the Convention by that date. See also note 1 under “Czech Republic” and “Slovakia” in the “Historical Information” section in the front matter of this volume.
The former Yugoslavia had acceded to the Convention as amended on 10 June 1949. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.