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13. Protocol Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the Convention of 13 July 1931 for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, as amended by the Protocol signed at Lake Success, New York, on 11 December 1946

Paris, 19 November 1948

 

Entry into force: 1 December 1949, in accordance with article 6.
Registration: 1 December 1949, No. 688.
Status: Signatories: 39 ,Parties: 89.
Text: United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 44, p. 277

Note: The Protocol was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in resolution 211 (III)1 of 8 October 1948.

In accordance with its article 44 (1), the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended by the Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narocitc Drugs, 1961 of 8 August 1975, as between the parties thereto, terminates and replaces the provisions of the above Protocol. See chapter VI.18.

 

 

PARTICIPANTS


Participant2  Signature  Definitive signature (s), Acceptance (A), Succession (d) 
Afghanistan    19 Nov 1948 s 
Albania  19 Nov 1948  25 Jul 1949 A 
Argentina  19 Nov 1948   
Australia    19 Nov 1948 s 
Austria    17 May 1950 A 
Bahamas    13 Aug 1975 d 
Belarus    19 Nov 1948 s 
Belgium  19 Nov 1948  21 Nov 1951 A 
Benin    5 Dec 1961 d 
Bolivia  19 Nov 1948   
Brazil  19 Nov 1948  9 Dec 1959 A 
Burkina Faso    26 Apr 1963 A 
Cameroon    20 Nov 1961 d 
Canada    19 Nov 1948 s 
Central African Republic    4 Sep 1962 d 
Chile  19 Nov 1948   
China3,4    19 Nov 1948 s 
Colombia  19 Nov 1948   
Congo    15 Oct 1962 d 
Costa Rica  19 Nov 1948   
Côte d'Ivoire    8 Dec 1961 d 
Cuba    30 Jun 1961 A 
Czech Republic5    30 Dec 1993 d 
Democratic Republic of the Congo    13 Aug 1962 d 
Denmark  19 Nov 1948  19 Oct 1949 A 
Dominican Republic  19 Nov 1948  9 Jun 1958 A 
Ecuador  19 Nov 1948  30 Aug 1962 A 
Egypt  6 Dec 1948  16 Sep 1949 A 
El Salvador  19 Nov 1948  31 Dec 1959 A 
Ethiopia    5 May 1949 s 
Fiji    1 Nov 1971 d 
Finland    31 Oct 1949 A 
France  19 Nov 1948  11 Jan 1949 A 
Germany6,7    12 Aug 1959 A 
Ghana    7 Apr 1958 d 
Greece  7 Dec 1948  29 Jul 1952 A 
Guatemala  19 Nov 1948   
Honduras  19 Nov 1948   
Hungary    2 Jul 1957 A 
India  19 Nov 1948  10 Nov 1950 A 
Indonesia    21 Feb 1951 A 
Iraq  12 Jul 1949  27 Jul 1954 A 
Ireland    11 Aug 1952 A 
Israel    16 May 1952 A 
Italy    14 Mar 1949 s 
Jamaica    26 Dec 1963 d 
Japan    5 May 1952 A 
Jordan    7 May 1958 A 
Lao People's Democratic Republic2    7 Oct 1950 d 
Lebanon    19 Nov 1948 s 
Lesotho    4 Nov 1974 d 
Liberia  19 Nov 1948   
Liechtenstein  19 Nov 1948  24 May 1961 A 
Luxembourg  19 Nov 1948  17 Oct 1952 A 
Malawi    22 Jul 1965 d 
Malaysia    21 Aug 1958 d 
Mauritius    18 Jul 1969 d 
Mexico    19 Nov 1948 s 
Monaco    19 Nov 1948 s 
Montenegro8    23 Oct 2006 d 
Morocco    7 Nov 1956 d 
Myanmar  19 Nov 1948  2 Mar 1950 A 
Netherlands  19 Nov 1948  26 Sep 1950 A 
New Zealand9    19 Nov 1948 s 
Nicaragua  19 Nov 1948  13 Jan 1961 A 
Niger    25 Aug 1961 d 
Nigeria    26 Jun 1961 d 
Norway  19 Nov 1948  24 May 1949 A 
Pakistan  21 Nov 1948  27 Aug 1952 A 
Panama  19 Nov 1948   
Papua New Guinea    28 Oct 1980 d 
Paraguay  19 Nov 1948  15 Aug 2001 A 
Peru  19 Nov 1948   
Philippines  10 Mar 1949  7 Dec 1953 A 
Poland    26 Jan 1949 s 
Romania  19 Nov 1948  11 Oct 1961 A 
Russian Federation    19 Nov 1948 s 
Rwanda    30 Apr 1964 d 
San Marino  19 Nov 1948   
Saudi Arabia    19 Nov 1948 s 
Senegal    2 May 1963 d 
Serbia11    12 Mar 2001 d 
Sierra Leone    13 Mar 1962 d 
Slovakia5    28 May 1993 d 
South Africa    8 Dec 1948 s 
Spain    26 Sep 1955 s 
Sri Lanka    17 Jan 1949 A 
Sweden    3 Mar 1949 s 
Switzerland  19 Nov 1948  18 Mar 1953 A 
Togo    27 Feb 1962 d 
Tonga    5 Sep 1973 d 
Trinidad and Tobago    11 Apr 1966 d 
Turkey  19 Nov 1948  14 Jul 1950 A 
Uganda    15 Apr 1965 A 
Ukraine  19 Nov 1948  7 May 1959 A 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland4    19 Nov 1948 s 
United Republic of Tanzania    7 Oct 1964 A 
United States of America  19 Nov 1948   
Uruguay  22 Nov 1948   
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)  19 Nov 1948   
Yemen10    12 Dec 1949 s 
Zambia    9 Apr 1973 d 
Zimbabwe    1 Dec 1998 d 
 

 

DECLARATIONS


Territorial Application

Participant:  Date of receipt of the notification:  Territories: 
Australia  19 Nov 1948  All territories including the Trust Territories of New Guinea and Nauru 
Belgium  27 Jan 1953  Belgian Congo and the Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi 
Denmark  19 Oct 1949  Greenland 
France  15 Sep 1949  Departments of Algeria, Overseas Departments (Guadeloupe, Guiana, Martinique, Réunion), Overseas Territories (French West Africa, French Equatorial Africa, French Somaliland, Madagascar and Dependencies, Comoro Islands, French Establishments in India, New Caledonia and Dependencies, French Establishments in Oceania, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon); Tunisia and Morocco (French zone of the Sherifian Empire); Trust Territories of Togoland and the Cameroons under French Administration 
  25 Nov 1949  Viet-Nam 
  28 Dec 1949  Laos 
France/United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  15 Sep 1949/  The New Hebrides Archipelago under Anglo-French Condominium 
  27 Feb 1950   
Italy  12 Mar 1954  Somaliland 
Netherlands  14 Aug 1952  Surinam, the Netherlands Antilles and Netherlands New Guinea 
New Zealand  19 Nov 1948  All the territories, including the Trust Territory of Western Samoa 
South Africa  5 Oct 1954  South West Africa 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland4  19 Nov 1948  Aden, Bahamas, Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Brunei, Cyprus, Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Fiji, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Islands (Antigua, Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis, Virgin Islands), Malayan Federation, Malta, Mauritius, Newfoundland, Nigeria, North Borneo, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland Protectorate, Sarawak, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands Protectorate, Somaliland Protectorate, Southern Rhodesia, St. Helena, Tanganyika, Tonga, Trinidad, Uganda Protectorate, Windward Islands (Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Zanzibar Protectorate 
United States of America  11 Aug 1950  All territories for the foreign relations of which it is responsible 
 

 

NOTES


1. Resolution 211 (III). Official Records of the General Assembly, Third Session, Part I, Resolutions (A/810), p. 62.


2. The Republic of Viet-Nam had succeeded to the Protocol 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 functions by the French Government to the Government of the Republic of Viet-Nam, Laos and Cambodia of the duties and obligations arising from the application of the Convention in these countries. It should be noted that the Republic of Viet-Nam succeeded to the Convention on 11 August 1950. See also note 1 under "Viet Nam" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


3. See note concerning signature, ratifications, accessions, etc., on behalf of China (note 1 under "China" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume).


4. See note 2 under "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" regarding Hong Kong in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


5. Czechoslovakia had signed and ratified the Protocol on 19 November 1948 and 17 January 1950, respectively. See also note 1 under "Czech Republic" and note 1 under "Slovakia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


6. See note 2 under "Germany" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


7. See note 1 under "Germany" regarding Berlin (West) in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


8. See note 1 under "Montenegro" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


9. See note 1 under "New Zealand" regarding Tokelau in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


10. The formality was effected by the Yemen Arab Republic. See also note 1 under "Yemen" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.


11. The former Yugoslavia had signed and accepted the Protocol on 19 November 1948 and 10 June 1949, respectively. See also note 1 under "Bosnia and Herzegovina", "Croatia", "former Yugoslavia", "Slovenia", "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" and "Yugoslavia" in the "Historical Information" section in the front matter of this volume.