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E/CONF.58/7 United Nations Conference for the adoption of a Protocol on Psychotropic Substances Vienna — 11 January -19 February 1971 Official Records Volume I • Organizational documents Texts of the revised draft Protocol and of the Convention Record of the work of the Conference Final Act Convention on Psychotropic Substances and Schedules Resolutions UNITED NATIONS United Nations Conference for the adoption of a Protocol on Psychotropic Substances Vienna -—11 January - 19 February 1971 Official Records Volume L* Organizational documents Texts of the revised draft Protocol and of the Convention Record of the work of the Conference Final Act Convention on Psychotropic Substances and Schedules Resolutions UNITED NATIONS - NEW YORK, 1973 INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Official Records of the United Nations Conference for the adoption of a Protocol on Psychotropic Substances are published in two volumes. Volume I (E/CONF.58/7) contains the preliminary (organizational) and the concluding (Final Act, resolutions, etc.) documents of the Conference, the texts of the revised draft Protocol on Psychotropic Substances and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and a record of the work of the Conference leading up to the adoption of the Convention, set out article by article. The volume also contains a complete list of the documents of the Conference. Volume II (E/Conf.58/7/Add.l) contains the summary records of the plenary meetings of the Conference and the minutes of the meetings of the General Com• mittee and the Committee on Control Measures, incorporating the corrections requested by delegations and any other editorial changes. * * * In the present publication, references to "China" and to the "representative(s) of China" are to be understood in the light of General Assembly resolution 2758 (XXVI) of 25 October 1971. By that resolution, the General Assembly inter alia decided: "to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it." * * * Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. E/CONF.58/7 UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION Sales No. E.73.XI.3 Price: $U.S. 5.00 (or equivalent in other currencies) CONTENTS PART ONE Page A. Resolution 1474 (XLVIII) of the Economic and Social Council, convening the Con• ference 3 B. List of representatives and secretariat of the Conference 3 C. Report of the Credentials Committee 12 D. Organization of the Conference and plan of work 13 E. Rules of procedure 15 PART TWO Comparative presentation of the text of the revised draft Protocol on Psychotropic Sub• stances as adopted by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (January, 1970), and the text of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances adopted by the Conference of Plenipo• tentiaries (February, 1971) 21 PART THREE Record of the work of the Conference leading up to the adoption of the Convention, set out article by article 49 PART FOUR A. Final Act of the United Nations Conference for the adoption of a Protocol on Psycho• tropic Substances 115 B. Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971 117 C. Resolutions adopted by the Conference 128 I. Provisional application of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances pending its entry into force 128 II. Research on the amphetamine drugs 129 III. Tribute to the Federal Government of the Republic of Austria 129 D. Draft resolution and draft declaration considered by the Conference 129 E. Complete list of documents of the Conference 130 iii A. RESOLUTION 1474 (XLV1H) OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, CONVENING THE CONFERENCE The Economic and Social Council, adopted by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its Reiterating its conviction that the problem of the wide• first special session, the report and the summary records spread abuse of psychotropic substances not under inter• of that session, and such background documentation as national control urgently requires to be regulated by he considers pertinent, to all States Members of the international agreement in the form of a treaty, United Nations and members of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency or parties Recalling its resolutions 1293 (XLIV) and 1294 (XLIV) to the Statute of the International Court of Justice, and of 23 May 1968 and 1401 (XLVI) of 5 June 1969, and also to the World Health Organization, other specialized World Health Assembly resolutions WHA 18.47 of agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the 20 May 1965, WHA 20.42 and WHA 20.43 of 25 May International Narcotics Control Board and to the Inter• 1967 and WHA 21.42 of 23 May 1968, and also General national Criminal Police Organization; Assembly resolution 2433 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968, which refer to this problem, 2. Decides to convene, in accordance with Article 62, Convinced that the objectives and aim of this Protocol paragraph 4, of the Charter of the United Nations and are of interest to the international community as a whole, with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 366 Recalling also its resolution 1402 (XLVI) of 5 June 1969 (IV) of 3 December 1949, a conference of plenipotentiaries in which it had noted the progress made by the Com• for the adoption of the Protocol on Psychotropic Sub• mission on Narcotic Drugs in elaborating a draft Protocol stances ; for the control of the psychotropic substances, and had 3. Requests the Secretary-General: authorized the Commission to meet as early as possible (a) To call such a conference early in 1971; in 1970 to prepare a revised draft Protocol for submission (b) To invite to the Conference: to the Council, (i) The States mentioned in paragraph 1 above; Recalling also that the General Assembly, by resolution 2584 (XXIV) of 15 December 1969, had requested the (ii) The World Health Organization and other Council to call upon the Commission on Narcotic Drugs specialized agencies interested in the matter, at its special session to proceed without delay to complete with the same rights they have at sessions of the the draft Protocol for the control of the psychotropic Economic and Social Council; substances, (iii) The International Narcotics Control Board, Having received the report of the Commission on with the same rights as it has at sessions of the Narcotic Drugs on its first special session,1 Economic and Social Council; Noting that this report contains the text of the revised (iv) The International Criminal Police Organiz• draft Protocol referred to in Council resolution 1402 ation, with the same rights as this organization (XLVI) and General Assembly resolution 2584 (XXIV), has at sessions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs; 1. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the (c) To prepare provisional rules of procedure for the revised draft Protocol on Psychotropic Substances conference; 1 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Fortyeighth (d) To provide summary records for the Conference Session, Supplement No. 8 (E/4785). and the committees. B. LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES Delegations ALGERIA ARGENTINA Representative: Representative ; M. N. BOULBINA, conseiller juridique au Ministere H.E. Sr. C. A. FERNANDEZ, Embajador Extraordinario des affaires etrangeres, Alger. y Plenipotenciario de Argentina, Viena. Alternate Representative: Alternate Representative: Dr. V. V. OLGUIN, Director de Relaciones Sanitarias M. K. LOKMANE, secretaire d'ambassade, Mission Internacionales, Secretaria de Estado de Salud Publica, permanente de l'Algerie a Geneve. Buenos Aires. Adviser: Adviser: M. S. BouzAR, chef du Service des Stupefiahts, Ministere Dr. E. GRANDE, Director de Fisealizacion Sanitaria, de la sante publique, Alger. Secretaria de Estado de Salud Publica, Buenos Aires. 3 4 The Convention on Psychotropic Substances AUSTRALIA Mr. R. MARSCHIK, Counsellor, Federal Ministry of Representative: Foreign Affairs, Vienna; Mr. E. KUSSBACH, Counsellor, Deputy Legal Adviser of Mr. G. E. SHEEN, Assistant Comptroller-General of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vienna; Customs, Canberra. Mr. W. BREUSTEDT, Deputy Director, Federal Ministry Alternate Representatives: of Finance, Vienna; Dr. A. M. WALSHE, Assistant Director-General, Com• Mr. W. P. PAHR, Head of the International Department, monwealth Department of Health, Canberra; Constitutional Service of the Federal Chancellery, Mr. C. E. MACKENZIE, Assistant Director, Department Vienna; of Customs and Excise, Canberra; Mr. W. SCHWARZ, Deputy Director, Federal Ministry Mr. F. D. POTTS, Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector, of Trade, Vienna; Department of Health Services, Tasmania; Mr. C. MAYERHOFER, Federal Ministry of Justice, Vienna; Mr. A. D. BROWN, First Secretary, Australian Permanent Mr. K. FUCHS, Federal Ministry of Finance, Vienna; Mission to the United Nations, Geneva. Mr. G. KALLINGER, Federal Ministry of Finance, Vienna; Mr. K. ZUSER, Federal Ministry of Trade, Vienna; AUSTRIA Mr. E. HOFFMANN, Federal Police Board, Drugs Branch, Representative: Vienna; Mr. E. NETTEL, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Mr. P. JANN, Federal Ministry of Justice, Vienna; Plenipotentiary, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. H. WINKLER, Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Vienna. Vienna. Alternate Representatives: BELGIUM Mr. F. OBERMAYER,