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[Communicated to the Council Official No. : C. 33. M. 14. 1935. XI. and the Members of the League.] Geneva, January 10th, 1935. LEAGUE OF NATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRAFFIC IN OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS MINUTES OF THE NINETEENTH SESSION Held at Geneva from November 15th to November 28th, 1934. Series of League of Nations Publications XI. OPIUM AND OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS 1935. XI. 1. CONTENTS. Page LIST OF MEMBERS 6 FIRST MEETING (Private), November 15th, 1934, at 11 a.m. : 971. Opening of the Session 7 972. Adoption of the Agenda of the Session 7 973. Question of the Appointment of an Agenda Sub-Committee : Proposal by the Representative of the United Kingdom 7 974. Appointment of a Rapporteur 8 SECOND MEETING (Public), November 15th, 1934, at 3.30 p.m. : 975. Changes in the Membership of the Committee 8 976. Consideration of the Progress Report by the Secretary 9 THIRD MEETING (Public), November 16th, 1934, at 10.30 a.m. : 977. Consideration of the Progress Report by the Secretary (continuation) ... 13 078. Work of the Committee of Experts for the Standardisation of Methods for determining the Morphine Content of Raw Opium 16 979. Questions arising out of the Convention for limiting the Manufacture and regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs (July 1931) : A. Form of Annual Reports by Governments to be drawn up in accord ance with Article 21 of the Convention 16 B. Application of Article 10 of the Limitation Convention 16 FOURTH MEETING (Public), November 17th, 1934, at 10.30 a.m. : 980. Welcome to the Representative of Yugoslavia 17 981. Questions arising out of the Convention for limiting the Manufacture and regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs (July 1931) (continuation): C. Notification, under Article 11 of the Limitation Convention, of the Manufacture of a New Drug, " Delcaine " 17 D. Notification by the Turkish Government of the Manufacture of a Drug similar to Pantopon as regards its Composition ... 19 982. Recommendations contained in the Final Act of the Bangkok Conference, except Recommendation X regarding Scientific Research 20 FIFTH MEETING (Public), November 19th, 1934, at 10.30 a.m. : 983. Abolition or Restriction of the Use of Diacetylmorphine 21 984. Institutions for the Treatment of Drug Addicts 21 985. Situation as regards the Control of Indian Hemp and Indian-Hemp Drugs 22 SIXTH MEETING (Public), November 19th, 1934, at 3.30 p.m. : 986. Situation as regards the Control of Indian Hemp and Indian-Hemp Drugs (continuation) 27 987. Disposal of Seized Drugs : Article 18 of the Limitation Convention .... 31 988. Ratification of the Bangkok Agreement by Siam 34 SEVENTH MEETING (Public), November 20th, 1934, at 10.30 a.m. : 989. Preparatory Work for a Conference to consider the Possibility of limiting and controlling the Cultivation of the Opium Poppy and the Cultivation and Harvesting of the Coca Leaf : Raw Opium : Situation in Producing, Manufacturing and Opium-smoking Countries 34 990. Manufacture and Export of Drugs : Present Position in the Manufacturing Countries 35 EIGHTH MEETING (Public), November 21st, 1934, at 10 a.m. : 991. Export and Import of Dross for the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs : Question raised by the Representative of Siam 37 S. d. N. 830 (F.) 850 (A.) 2/35 — Imp. Rihmies, ChamWry — 4 — Page NINTH MEETING (Public), November 21st, 1934, at 3.30 p.m. : 992. Export and Import of Dross for the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs : Question raised by the Representative of Siam (continuation) 44 993. Examination of the Situation in Bulgaria 45 994. Hungarian Method for the Extraction of Morphine from the Dried Poppy Plant 45 995. Disposal of Seized Drugs : Article 18 of the Limitation Convention : Draft Recommendation proposed by the Sub-Committee 48 TENTH MEETING (Public), November 22nd, 1934, at 10.30 a.m. : 996. Preliminary Measures for the Ratification by the Government of Burma of the Bangkok Agreement 50 997. Application of the 1925 and 1931 Conventions to Poppy Heads and Stalks 50 998. Particulars concerning Special Police for combating the Illicit Traffic ... 50 999. Extradition for Offences against the Laws on Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs : Progress made in Recent Extradition Treaties 53 ELEVENTH MEETING (Public), November 22nd, 1934, at 3.30 p.m. : 1000. Examination of the Report of the Sub-Committee on Seizures 54 1001. Examination of the Report of the Permanent Sub-Committee for the Application of Chapter IV of the Hague Convention 54 1002. Examination of the General Situation in China 54 TWELFTH MEETING (Private), November 23rd, 1934, at 11 a.m. : 1003. Appointment of the Agenda Sub-Committee 60 1004. Estimated World Requirements of Dangerous Drugs in 1935.1 THIRTEENTH MEETING (Private, then Public), November 23rd, 1934, at 3.30 p.m. : 1005. Codeine as a Drug of Addiction.1 1006. Responsibility of Exporting Countries in respect of Import Licences: Application of Article 14 of the Limitation Convention. 1 1007. Statement by the Director of the Opium Traffic and Social Questions Sections. 1 1008. Preparation of a Scheme for the Study of Existing Legislation with a view to ensuring the Application of the Conventions and Agreements concerning the Traffic in Dangerous Drugs 60 1009. Examination of the Statement of Estimated World Requirements of Dangerous Drugs in 1935 issued by the Supervisory Body 62 FOURTEENTH MEETING (Public, then Private), November 24th, 1934, at 3 p.m. : 1010. " The League of Nations and the Drug Traffic " : Pamphlet published by the Information Section 63 1011. Arrest of Traffickers in Vienna : Supplementary Information supplied by the Chairman 63 1012. Examination of the General Situation in China (continuation) 63 1013. Examination of the Draft Form of Annual Report for the Use of Governments 68 1014. Research Work with a view to the Discovery of Non-habit-forming Medi caments : Recommendation X of the Limitation Conference 70 1015. Enquiry into the System of Import Certificates and Export Authorisations 70 1016. Absence of Mr. Lyall from the Session 70 1017. Budget Estimates for the Opium Section for 1935 70 1018. Date of the Next Session 70 1019. Letter to Sir John Campbell on the Occasion of his Retirement 70 FIFTEENTH MEETING (Public), November 26th, 1934, at 3.30 p.m. : 1020. Adoption of the Minutes of the First Eight Meetings of the Session .... 71 SIXTEENTH MEETING (Public, then Private), November 27th, 1934, at 5 p.m. : 1021. Adoption of the Minutes of the Ninth to Twelfth Meetings inclusive .... 71 1022. Responsibility of Exporting Countries in respect of Import Licences : Application of Article 14 of the Limitation Convention (continuation).2 1 The record of the discussions on these questions is not included in this document (see page 60). 2 The record of the discussion on this question is not included in this document (see page 71). - 5 — Page SEVENTEENTH MEETING (Public), November 28th, 1934, at 10.30 a.m. : 1023. Consideration of the Draft Report to the Council 71 EIGHTEENTH MEETING (Public), November 28th, 1934, at 3.30 p.m. : 1024. Consideration of the Draft Report to the Council (continuation) 75 1025. Adoption of the Minutes of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Meetings .... 78 1026. Question of Printing the Minutes of the Private Meetings 78 1027. Closing Speech by the Chairman 79 LIST OF ANNEXES. 1. Agenda of the Nineteenth Session (document O.C.1567(1)) 80 2. Progress Report by the Secretary (document O.C.1574) 80 LIST OF MEMBERS. Dr. Bruno SCHULTZ (Chairman) Austria. Dr. CARRIÈRE (Vice-Chairman) Switzerland. His Excellency M. CARNOY . Belgium. His Excellency M. COSTA DU RELS (absent) Bolivia. Mr. S. W. HARRIS, C.B., M.V.O. (absent), replaced by Major W. H. COLES, D.S.O United Kingdom. Colonel C. H. L. SHARMAN, C.M.G., C.B.E. Canada. His Excellency Dr. Hoo Chi-Tsai China. T. W. RUSSELL Pasha (absent), replaced by Miralai F. D. BAKER Bey, D.B.E.,M.C. Egypt. M. Gaston BOURGOIS (Rapporteur) (Substitute : M. RAZET) ....... France. Germany. Mr. G.S. HARDY, C.I.E., I.C.S ................ India. His Excellency Senator CAVAZZONI (absent), replaced by M. FERRI .... Italy. M. YOKOYAMA (Substitute : M. KUSAMA) Japan. His Excellency Dr. Enrique JIMENEZ (Substitute : M. Manuel TELLO) . Mexico. M. W. G. VAN WETTUM . Netherlands. M. Vram PILOSSIAN . Persia. His Excellency Dr. Witold CHODZKO Poland. His Excellency Dr. Augusto DE VASCONCELLOS ............. Portugal. His Excellency Phya Subarn SOMPATI. .......... Siam. His Excellency M. Julio CASARES Spain. Major Hugo VON HEIDENSTAM (absent) . Sweden. His Excellency Cemal Hüsnü) Bey (Substitute : Ohran TAHSIN) . ..... Turkey. Mr. Stuart J. FULLER United States of America. His Excellency M. Alfredo DE CASTRO (absent) Uruguay. M. Sava OBRADOVITCH (absent), replaced by M. Bochko DJORDJEVITCH . Yugoslavia. Assessors : Mr. L. A. LYALL (absent). Dr. F. Y. M. DE MYTTENAERE. Secretary : M. Eric Einar EKSTRAND, Director of the Opium Traffic and Social Questions Sections. — 7 — FIRST MEETING (PRIVATE). Held on Thursday, November 15th, 1934, at 11 a.m. Chairman : Dr. SCHULTZ (Austria). Present : The members of the Committee, except the representatives of Belgium, Bolivia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Yougoslavia, and Mr. Lyall, Assessor. 971. Opening of the Session. The CHAIRMAN, after declaring the nineteenth session of the Advisory Committee open and welcoming the members, proposed to deal in private with the first three items on the agenda. 972. Adoption of the Agenda of the Session (Annex 1). The CHAIRMAN pointed out that the final draft of the agenda showed four additional items as compared with the provisional agenda set out in document O.C.1567, and asked his colleagues, when deciding on the adoption of the agenda, to bear in mind the limited time at the Committee's disposal. M. VAN WETTUM (Netherlands) was in favour of adopting the draft agenda, provided it was understood that the Committee might adjourn to a later session any items it found itself unable to dispose of during the present session.