# Single COnvenTion
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# Narcotic Drugs, 1961
As amended by the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961,
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# FINAL ACT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCEFOR THE ADOPTION OF A SINGLE CONVENTIONON NARCOTIC DRUGS
- The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, by resolution 689 J (XXVI) of 28 July 1958, decided to convene in accordance with Article 62, paragraph 4, of the Charter of the United Nations, and with the provisions of General Assembly resolution 366 (IV) of 3 December 1949, a plenipotentiary conference for the adoption of a single convention on narcotic drugs to replace by a single instrument the existing multilateral treaties in the field, to reduce the number of international treaty organs exclusively concerned with control of narcotic drugs, and to make provision for the control of the production of raw materials of narcotic drugs.
2The United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs met at United Nations Headquarters from 24 January to 25 March 1961. 3. The following seventy-three States were represented by representatives at the Conference:
<table><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>Greece</td><td>Pakistan</td></tr><tr><td>Albania</td><td>Guatemala</td><td>Panama</td></tr><tr><td>Argentina</td><td>Haiti</td><td>Paraguay</td></tr><tr><td>Australia</td><td>Holy See</td><td>Peru</td></tr><tr><td>Bolivia</td><td>Hungary</td><td>Philippines</td></tr><tr><td>Brazil</td><td>India</td><td>Poland</td></tr><tr><td>Bulgaria</td><td>Indonesia</td><td>Portugal</td></tr><tr><td>Burma</td><td>Iran</td><td>Romania</td></tr><tr><td>Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic</td><td>Iraq</td><td>Senegal</td></tr><tr><td>Cambodia</td><td>Israel</td><td>Spain</td></tr><tr><td>Canada</td><td>Italy</td><td>Sweden</td></tr><tr><td>Chad</td><td>Japan</td><td>Switzerland</td></tr><tr><td>Chile</td><td>Jordan</td><td>Thailand</td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>Korea, Republic of</td><td>Tunisia</td></tr><tr><td>Congo (Léopoldville)</td><td>Lebanon</td><td>Turkey</td></tr><tr><td>Costa Rica</td><td>Liberia</td><td>Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic</td></tr><tr><td>Czechoslovakia</td><td>Madagascar</td><td>Union of Soviet Socialist Republics</td></tr><tr><td>Dahomey</td><td>Mexico</td><td>United Arab Republic</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark</td><td>Monaco</td><td>United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</td></tr><tr><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>Morocco</td><td>United States of America</td></tr><tr><td>El Salvador</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>Uruguay</td></tr><tr><td>Finland</td><td>New Zealand</td><td>Venezuela</td></tr><tr><td>France</td><td>Nicaragua</td><td>Yugoslavia</td></tr><tr><td>Germany, Federal Republic of</td><td>Nigeria</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ghana</td><td>Norway</td><td></td></tr></table>
- The following State was represented by an observer at the Conference:
Ceylon
- The following specialized agency was represented at the Conference:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;
International Civil Aviation Organization;
International Labour Organisation;
World Health Organization.
- The following international bodies were represented at the Conference:
Permanent Central Opium Board;
Drug Supervisory Body.
- The following non-governmental organizations were also represented at the Conference:
International Conference of Catholic Charities;
International Criminal Police Organization;
International Federation of Women Lawyers.
- General Safwat, Director of the Permanent Anti-Narcotics Bureau of the League of Arab States, at the invitation of the Conference, also attended in a personal capacity.
- In accordance with the resolution of the Economic and Social Council referred to in paragraph 1 and with the rules of procedure adopted by the Conference, the observers and the representatives of the above-mentioned organizations and bodies participated in the work of the Conference without the right to vote.
- The Conference elected Mr. Carl Schurmann (Netherlands) as President, and as Vice-Presidents the representatives of the following States:
Afghanistan
Iran
Thailand
Brazil Ghana
Japan
Turkey
Dahomey
Mexico
United Arab Republic
France
Pakistan
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland
Hungary
Peru
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
India Togo
Switzerland
United States of America
- The Executive Secretary of the Conference was Mr. G. E. Yates, and the Deputy Executive Secretary was Mr. Adolf Lande.