Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
Established by the Geneva Convention of 1925 for the purpose of supervising the opium trade, the Permanent Central Opium Board consists of eight independent persons chosen for their technical qualifications, impartiality and independence. Governments are required to submit to the Board quarterly or annual statistics concerning the production, manufacture, stocks, import and export of raw materials covered by the Convention.
1 United Nations Weekly Bulletin, I, no. 9, September 30, 1946, p. 11.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid., p. 13.
4 Morlock George A. “International Control of Dangerous Drugs,” Department of State, Bulletin, XV, p. 888.
5 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Document E/C.S.7/4, November 18, 1946, p. 13–15.
6 Document E/C.S.7/55, December 11, 1946, p. 8.
7 Document E/C.S.7/38, December 5, 1946, pp. 2–8.