United Nations

ECONOMIC AND

Nations Unies

CONSEIL ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL

LI~vilTED

2/Cil.7/4C.l/SR.6* ~9 ~fovem.ber 1':34~

ORlGllfAL :Ki<itl·SH SOCIAL COUNCIL

I ' ~ f • . :

CO.l'fliviiSSION o .. q ·t:iARCOTlG Dl1UGS 1 . ' . f\.d hoc CCX~lal.ittee of· the Principal Opium-Producing Countries

held at the FadUl,ty of f\gricultu,re, U·!liversity of Ankara, on Tu.~sda,-, 29 Nove~e.r 1949, at 4.30 p.~.

O~ntents ~

Hia Ex~elle!lcy ~r·. Alia TAHH4.1l

, 1 • d'Ol.~ ~lDB."{4T I Oll OF TEE V lE.'I ci A..~D ON;ERVAT l Oii S OF GOV$R.N'1ilE~TS, CA~.LLD FOR Itl PA,HAGR4l'HS 3 and 5 Of' ., THE REPORT Qlo, THE 1;>UB-C0Mi.-UTTEB OF THE COl•L~l.l:S~lOJi'~ O~f ~fARCOTIC DRUGS 'rO: CO.l'JSlJJER THE DESIRAB-ILITY OF CONVI4l'liNG a CO~lFE;J.ffi~mE TO GO~CJ.,U:QE Ail iJTERl~il AGREEMElfT FOR 'Ll.~ITl¥G Tim PRODUCTlOii OF OFIU1ii TO MEDICAL 4iD SCl.i!;NTlFIC J1:£DS (I tern 3 of the ;-.gepd·a.) (r.esumed i1.'0.J. tha third me(;.ti~c) ·

Statement by the Gov~rltAent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics .

Q,UEST!ONS TO FE co::f~IDlt&.:D BY THE .i.d hoc CO.uL·.IlTTEE IN 4CCOIW,~1-~0E WlTH lTS TEfu;iS OI<' REllJ!Rt~:WE (Item 4 of the Jt.genJq.) (c) ']!he Esta."Qlisl~nt of.' Govaro.4ent ~~Ion'Opolies:,. and

tho limitation of the prodUction of opiui.t (co~"ltinu~u)

(d) Esta.blish11ent or an international• purchasing and s el Ung 4gene-y (con ti nu e<l)

oo~ordinating 4uthority

Joint lr~~/Inui3l proposal'relating to the est~blishnent of ~ 1nte~t1o1al pur~has1ng and sellitl~ 4..g~n.ey,

ST~T~.::IElfT . BY THE OB~ffJ~\Jt~~~~ ,<f.S{~f!tfi'l' OP THE UNITBO ST.-.'.!:'ES OP ,..ILr\!C.+ ll'#>r..X u~:-&n

ll AN\ 0

-?!~__j.J\' ~\VI L--

* This document has been :r·e.produced at New York, in a l1m1ted number of copiees from an or1ginaJ. issued at Ankara. ' . .

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Present~

Members:

Observer~: -· .

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..Uao pres('Jnt: (

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§ecretariat:

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lnd1a Iran .... Turkey

Yugo s 1 o. vi a.

·Ch-i:1.a.

Egypt

France Uni teu fit!l te s of •~ruerica

Mr. K:R4SOVEC

Mr. -steinig

\ . 1ir , !vias ar

lvlp, Bolt on

)

' Mr. COEHLO ·Mr. ":.,.&IN' I i\Ir. KiR~BUDit.

~r. KUSHEVITGH Mr NIKOLtTCli

:Mr. JE}.il Kl-SIN Dr, Ll~Blf3

~r. Bl;fSlNI

1\ir • •• IERR.lLL

Chainnal) of the Co,.wission on: Narcotic Drugs

' . Rep~es '&nta ti'(e of' the Secretat General, D.irector of t~ Divis iQU of .t'iareot"'ic Drugs

Diviston of ~ttr¢-ot;i.c Di"Uf:s

' ·S~cret.al. .. Y 'to the ·CQuWitte(:}

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1. CONSlDERia.T!ON OF' THE VlE\IIjS ft.lJ:O OBSERVL•TIONS Olt, GOVERlL.iBNTS, . Cit.LLED FOR IN p;Rft.GRi•PHS 3 lt.ND 5 .oF THE REPORT OF THE SUB­

COJillJiiTTEE OF THE: CO!illlllSSION ON Nit.RCOTIC DRUGS TO CONSIDER THE DESIRiLBILITY 0~ CONVENING A CONFERENCE TO CONCLUDE i~N INTERirA AGREEvi.CNT FOR Ll.MITING THE PRODUCTION OP OPIUu1 TO . ,.tED;J:C~L t .. ND SCIENTIFIC NEEDS (Item 3 of the hgenda)(resumed f~om the third ~eoting)

Statement by the . Gove~ont of ~he Uriton of Sov~et Socialist Republics ( do'c~nt 'E/C'N .7/l~C-~l/L.2/(~od·~1).

The CHt .. lR.:Ji.,N having caused doomnent E/Cli.7/l~C.l/L.2/Ia.dd.l

( l'4emorandum by the Secretary .. Ganeral cornmuniaa t1ng translation

of tho tQ:x:t of a. letter dated lS ·Novembe.+' .194P from the Pormanont

Represonta~1vo of' the Union _;Cf Sov.tot S.ocialist Republics to the

Unitod Uations), s_ottingt ov:t tho- vitJ!fS of. tho Govertnmont of the

soviot Union on too· eonv-enini of, e.p !ll! 1:.9.2. C-otruni tt~o of the

Principal Opium-producing CoUPtr1os, to be road out,

tho Conua.i t~oo took.., f:~ o~ the d~cision of tho Govorn­ment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics not to bo rep:rro-

,

sontod at its mootings.

2. QUESTIO:NS . To· BE CONSIDERED BY THE t.d hoc CO,Il.dllTTEg IN l.CCORDANCE VJITH ITS ~~R1.1S OF R~EHENC~ ( Ito.~a. 4o7t'hu 'l-go~da) (continued)

(a) The establishmo~t ot' Government m:mop_olios, · a.nd1 the 11m1-tatien of the preduot1on of opium ( documont E/Cl; .7/t..C~l/ L.8/Rov.l) (continued) · · •

Mr. COEHLO (India) proposed thAt in :litps 3 - 5 of sub ..

paragraph {b) of _paragraph 4 of tho i .. rticlo on Govo:rnmcnt ltlonopo ...

lies (deoumont E/CN .. 7/b.C.l/L.8/R~v .. l} tho words "maintenance ef

Government stocks, ~or (he !.nanufacturQ of d~ugs or for tho propa.­

ration of modicinal ~piu.m" _should bo _r oplacod b:y tho werds ~'pur­

posos montioned in parA-graph 1 of tho iA-l'ticlo on Estirnatas".

Mr. it.llllNI (Iran) had no substantive objection to tho

Indian proposalt but t~ought that to inaludo a roforoncc to tho Article on Estimatos. in tno iarticlo on Government 1-!lonopolios woUld

only confuse tho is sup.. Ho woul<;f profo;r .to seo tho v.r)lole . of tho

relevant to~t of tho ~rticlo op Estimates repoatod in that. of. the /i.r>tiolo bcf~ro the 1aeoting ..

l~1r. COEH:r..O (Indfa). ~g;ood, and withdi'O'P his proposal.

11tr. NIKOLITCH {Yugoslavia) proposed thAt in J,i~o 2 of

sub·paragraph (c} of paragraph 4 tho words '~r Govornmont enter­

prises tt should bo insortod aftor tho .words n t.horGovarnmont ,

1 tsolt ", for roa sons ho hf-1 d already ~xpla·ino Q. dtlring·; tho informal . . .

discussions,

1.1r. Afi!D~I (Iran) roo.alltid that it bAd .boon agreod in the informal discussions that ti;>.o word~: "tho . GovernmQ~t i _tsolf" should

in praatico be intorprotod as boa;r1ng tho oxpandod connetation

E/CN . 7/AC. i;sk~ ~ .' .. . ' Page 4 '· .;t. ,t ·.. 1.· . '1 •• ,.,

referrea··to· ·PY th~ ·-r.~·ds~~v-~;_' ~iP~~~.?.n't~tiv~~· ... H~ thought, , t .her·e .. :rore, that +t ~.h~uiq a·utfice~ ·w~re .tho Yugoslay t?roposalrsimply to bo meni5iOned ifl the SUJ~ry'' l"~ho~d .. Sitd ~.he Ct.?®:dttoot.s T9pOrt.

t ' I • • f, ., • l • ~ o • . '" ' • l ·' '

' l~r. N1KOLITCH. (Yugoslavia) agreed.

M~ •. ·S'I:¥lNlG: · (Jlo;;~.eseQ·t~·tilf~. t)~ ~1;1~ Socrete.ry ... Geno.re.1)

then road out a. revised versidrt· of· su'tii:pliragi>ap~ (b) o·f pare.graph 4

iP. which, ·as a ,·rda~lt o·f t 'h6 toi-sgoirig ''d:i:scussiori i. tho words tror

for othero modi cal ·and Scicnt'~.i'i'O p~p~sos t1 had 'hoo;n insortod

after tho vrords u of ' @edioinal ·op1u.nr". I ,.

At the "request ·of' iVIr. A~·UNI (Iran), tho [\rticle on

G.overnmen"t Honopolie:f (doctUnbnt SjciL7/llC.l/L.B/Rov.l) vias put

f6 the mo0ting pare.gr~ph b1:pa~~graph.

ftl\t-agr.e.ph l . .. .r . •

' ..

f,f!rasraph 1 ;wa. s .unan ~enoes=ky fJ.dq~r)i:io d.· .. . . ··.· .

•, .... raragraph 2

.·

. . The C]iAIRlM.N thoug}?.t t~t, wero ,it lo-ft as an,·.indop·ondcint • ·

parAgraph, 1 t ·might prore diff1cul. t to give practical. ~off oct to the

provision's qf ~ p~r~graph 2; Ho t~.er~fore propo.sod th~t 1 t.. b~ com• t ' I _.. • \ . ! . • ' ..

bined with par~graph 3 •

. , Ji -r:a:s ·so· a'.greed1. _ ~ • , .......

·i~'f.~I'e;!!l 2 ~ argviouslY. parngre.xahp 2 .arid 3}, Ws.f ·' ·e·tAnPlf~ly adoEtcd •. ~:; ·· . ·; ·' ~

Paragraph 3 (previously :pa~~graph 4) . .~ ttl!'

· ; · l1,~w :· ~trae;rfl.J2fl' 5 wrts unapi,.n~u.slX ado:e_tod·;

' . '

Paragraph 4 (previously paragraph 5) . .. '

.'~~ ·\2~£.9;~~8:~· .. 4 wa~ :ffiarti~?uplY ado.ptod.

Paragraph .5 (p-reviouslY': paragra:ph\ 6)·

l{~.:W papa.gr~ph 5 wRs unanixnousl:t, ndqp~e.~.•

The d.rt:tc].o on Govcrmaont ilionopolios '( c'ioc'l.lln.ont E(m; .7/

·t\q.l(L.8/Rov . l), as amondod, WR S nnet:nit:louslz ad'qptod-.. . ' .

(d) Establishment of an into!'nation~l: pur"hnsihg. ·and A,genoy (continued) .• ~ l ·.· , .

"",.1 .. • .. ~: · · r'·.< t •Ill • -

so·lling ..

,. Co-ot•dinA. t1ng AutP,o~~tl'·: .. · .,. . .•

'rhe CHAIR1r1A~1 drow tho a tt~Bt.i: on' ot roprosontfl 'bivos to . . the Me~orandum by tho Socrotary.Genaral canoorning tho co-ord~a.ting Authority (d-ocumont ~/CN·.'1/Jt.d.l/t:9)'· , ·· · : · ·,. { ' ·

. -~ll• Mr'~ coEHL<f·( In'dia') rob~i'i~i~· ·.lffu\t, at' t ho ·££~~~ r~~O.Ot.ingt ·.

tho Cormnl ti:f.oa ""-d · :redtiB~'ted 't oo ~pt'b'~bnta.td.vo of }!'~n ~nd h:l.!llsolf ;!. ·,

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.. an international purchasing and so+li~S Ag9noy~ .&e a. rosult of .. . . .•

their consultations, two now drafts wore n~ bQfc;>ro tho Coaliilitto~,

the first of which, dealing with the oo .. ordina t1ng /t.Ut~ori ty, had

b~on drawn up by tho R~prosontative of tho Socro~ary-Geno~al on

behalf or tho two representatives concerned.

In tho absonco or further comment, . • I • '•

tho Commi ttoo unan:tmou'sly adopted thQ Memorandum by the ' . ; . ,

Socrot~~y-Genoral co~taining an outl~e of an Art~clo on tko co-ordinating h,uthority. ('document E/Cl~ .'7/A~·l/L.9).

Mr. COE:E!LO (India} po-intod out. tbElt, as a rosul:t of tho • I

decision just tal!;en, it had become necps~ary for tho Committee to

consider what body should discharge tho functions of tho co-ovdi­

nating Authorit"t• Uhdor i tst terms of ro~~ronoe, tho. Co.anni t.teo 1 t~olf could

no-t dotormipo, or avon ma~o po_si tivo proposals in connoxion with,

the structure of tbo co-ordinating authority; it could only express a. desire thA.t tho 1-.utho!'ity should bo fully roprosontativo

of all Pa.rtios to tho A~eomont, Ho felt, howovor, th~t it

would bo proper for tho c·omr:littoo to indiaato to tho .comm1ss;1,.<m .

on Narcotic Drugs any existing international authority which it

considered might bo asked to ~ct as tho 4uthopitr. :,

'l,'horo wero in· existence throo .bodies dealing with tho .

international coptrol o£ p.arcotic substances, namely, tho Conuni.s ..

sion on Narcotic Drugs, tho Permanent Cont!'nl Opium Board and tho

Drug Supervisory Body. Those bodios d'-fforod slightly 1n rosl'oct

o1' conati tution and .roprasont11 tion, but ho nonotholoss oonsidCPQd ' .

that, in o~dor · to avoid unnocoss~ry· multiplication ot tntorn~tional organizati;ons, to savo ·money and to avoid duplica ti·on of · funations, ·

.I

one ~or othor of those bodies, suitably modified, might wall b'o ·

roquostod to aet as the co~ord1nattng Authority. Tho fndlan dele-

gation considorod that tho Porm.anont Central Opium Board would bo

best suitod to as sumo those responsibilities. ·

Mr. h.MINI ('Iran) rocallod that r e prosontativos had ' al·· • I

. ready hoard tho dotailod -viows of tho Rop~osont~tivo of tho Soorc-

tar,Y·Gonoral on tho matte r at an informal rno{).ting hold tho proviotts

evening,. A;t wt?J.ch,. to tho bast of his rooolloction, it had boon . agreed. that tho. Drug .Sup()rv1s9I'Y Bodyt' strengthonod by: the ad<;lition

ot roproso:n.ta..tivos· of con·surb.ing and p-roducing countries, shou-ld act

as tho c o-ord1na t ·;tng ~uthori ty. Ho thought . that agroomont should stand.

1.-tr. COEHLO (Indio.) · F.4graod.

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.~. STEn{IG '(Ropt-'osorit~t;tv'o or 1;hb' Socret~}iy-Gonoral), ... ,,. - ~ ~ \' • •' V I > •'

while in ·:rull agroomQ~:~ with ti~o v1ows o.xprossod ·oy tho r~p:r,os,on-

tat1·vo: of. 't~f\n; w1s·&ci·d t\; plabo another a.lt'orrint1ve ·'boforo tho.

Committco to g~rd again::it tho poss1:'b111ty of its prov1ns 1mpr·act1-.

ea.bla to enlnrgo tho supe'~vfsol"y Bod~. '· · " I

Ho pr~}>bsod, natrtcllt 1 tha. t 'the Suporvis9r.~ Body, ·. thr•ough • • . .. 4 . J • .. '

its so.cl"atariB.t; should be i'i~:~ua" .. ~e,~<·.to han<ilf>. ~lu the ~s.~~[!Jil:t~a and tm~l'-Gpar,a~~; .. ~f w?r~1d' roqu1rom9nts of opium !'or_ medical, ~..nd so1ontif1c noods bti tiip' bas~s pf tho so ostimat.bs. l~il othor

funotions ~:f tha co~o:rdtnating 4Uthor~ty should bo assumed by a I

governing body r~de up of oqunl numbo~s of roprosontativos of . .. ( (

producing and cons'lllrliri'g countribs .• onah gro~p having a. singl¢ vqto, under a. noutral chairman to bo olootod by mut~l a.g.x'.ooraont •

. r.~. ANilNI (Iran) a,co'opto'd tho addi t1onal,' :prOooduro p;ro-' .

posod by tho Ror>rosont·nti·vo of tho Socretary-Geno'l'e.l. . ' . , • ·~ho ~HA~Ial~~ ·;diroct4d ~lmt tho altorna.tivo · ~!'oposa~

be montfonod ·in' tho report. \' .. ~. .. . . .

·Joint lrari1an/lndia.n prc;;.posal ;rolo. ting t .o tho . ostablishmont ot an . 1ntornation~:t j>Ui'chnEJine; and sol,~1ng 4gono~.

' . ' . . . .

Tho CHl:~.lRtM.N drow tho attont!on of roprQson~nt1vos ~@ . ' ~

document E/CN .7/AC.~(!t•f3/Ra.~•l, in 'which tho · compror.11so pr-oposal sponsored by ' tho t':OprosontRtiv.os of : Iran and ;India .was sot out.

MX'. Nl'KOLITCH {Yugosla:v1a) said tl:l~t: , although his do.lo­

gRt1bh ac.cop:t'od in pr.inofplo . tho -'Pl"oy:tsions of doqu.nlol:}t E/C'#. 7/ ... AC·.l/I,;.S/Ro.v .1,.· he must on tor. cortn1n gonoZ.al ;I"os.orvA t~o.p.s •. . In

v1~:W o£· 'th(} fact ·that, boforo loe.v1nft B€1lg1'ac4> fo~ Ankara,, 1t

had. no~ boon poss1'&lo tor his do).ogat1on t.o givq. tho ~~gos,la.:v Gov.Q.rnmont rt. cleat' pictur.o .of .tho form. ·tho 1ntonna.t1~!ll purchA.s•

1ng and soli1ng 4goncy would t$.kplt and of tho ;t'urthor fact that . tho propo$nl bof'opo th¢ Commi ttoQ. fail,od to takE) ~to account .,tho problem of' existing bi~a tora.l • ~groomon ts to wl?,.t,on ..ho ru{d ro~q~~od

in ·his gonoral sji':'tomont mndQ·. e.t tho soaon~ llJPO~itlS~-· Ais ~o;t.og'ntion

would bo unable to vote tUl.r.Osorvodly !or tho.1prppo.Sal bo:t'ore tho 1

Comm1 ttoo • . ., ~ •

·. ·M:r • COEHiiO. :{ ln.dia) s~atod thn. t !_lis dqlo_ga.tion had agreod

to ~~t~o;. pr.op()aa'J,s . sot ,.out · in q_oo\llllcnt~ lt/CH .7/1-.C.l/L .6/Rov .l and

E/CN. 7/l:~.C .l/L~·9. bool\'US.o. 1 .t Wa.s, in oavnost agi'ocrncnt 'w1 th the, docla ... ' rod -aim 'p:f , t.Ao Cormnitto.o .r namely, tho ) .. 1mi tf.'\,·t .ion of ~ho proc;iuetion

of raw op1un1 to modioe.:). And soiontific noods. . Howovo:r, his

accap.tanco of thoso propo.sals was s·ub ~oct ~tQ g~or.it.l,. r,ooqp:n1t1.on

ocunt±!y • .

E/ eN , 71 a c .l/sn. 6 PE\go '1

Ho \dshod to· niontion two spocifio aspects of thoso

conditions. The ·ri~~t rolatod to tho ostablishod uso in India of

opium for quA.si ... med1cal pwposos. . Ho would content himself 11ri th ' ' '

dr~1.wing tho nttontio~ of tho. Committoc to tho. statement on toot

subject coronunicatod by tho roprosontativp ~f India on the Comrais-• .. .. l . • ~

sion on Narcotic Drugs · on ·1 Soptombor 1949, and roproduc.od on

pages 1- 3' ~f dooumont E/CN.7/AC~i/L.2, an.d ospocially to p~tr$ ­gr~ph 5 thoroof.

Tho soqond aspoc~ .rola.tod to tho fact thnt .India WRS

still exporting Siaall quanti tios. or op~~· · !'or si1~lar qus.si­

modical pu.:rpos-os 1 to certa.:1.n te~ritorios "''ith ~hich sho hAd tr~di­

tional politioal E'I.Ild ocono1nic tios, or to which sho stood in closo "' I • •

goograph!cal propinquity. Suoh o~ports woro baing mado on~1 at

tho roquoat of, and in quantitlos A.grood by, tho Governments of . . tho torritorios concerned. Novortheloss, 1t ~as tho doclarod policy of tho .. Govo~nmcnt ot India !ihRt. thoso o?Cports, as in tho , . caso of consumption within India i~self, bo progpossiv'cly roduced

tc roquiromonts tor ~odical and sciontific noods.. Such exports \

'should not, howevor, como _within tho scopo of tho proposals now

be foro tho cio;mnftteo.

Ho tbo%ht thi.tt . thore sno~ld bono di:f'fipulty in aocom­

modat1ng his rosorva.tions in a sp.ocific prov~sion formj,ng an . ··. .,

Annex to tho · t~groOlilQn t ~

With regard to tho intornationul lt.go~c.Y it.so~z::, ho had

agrood to its cstablisln.lont , because 'it npp,aarod to b.o. thE? gof:Loral - ' . .

fooling of , tho Commi ttoo that such a stop would bo us~ful. .in help-ing to suppress illicit trA.ffic. · Ho wished to omph!isi .zo, b.o,wo:vQ;r-, · . . .. -that in tho view of his Government its !'unctions should bo strictly

f ' ~ ' • '

confj_ned to tho so ossontial for tho ach1ovomont of th!'lt objoctivo •

In particular' ... care shou~d bo takon t~ suo t~. t 1 t ,.11s ino.xponsivo

to run, A. s tho cost of' maintaining it. woulp eventuallY influonoo

tho cost pr1co of d~~gs. In particular, stocks snoUld bo .~ro~tod

only in casas pf omorgoncy, as such oporP.tions e_ould not .fE\ii to ' • - 1.. • . ' •

incroA.so .the cost o.f r,:unning_ tho A,gonci.: . . ~

4nothor aspect of tho proyisions rolat~g to thQ purchase t ' ....

and sA.lo of opium, t9 which 'th~Q ·cornmlttoo had failed to dovoto . I •'t • '

attention, had just boon montionod. by tbo '1ugosln-v l'~pros.ontntivo .

Certain countries wore obliged, for oconom;tc or ~ol!tieal ro~sons,

to ruaintA.in' exist~~ ~~latoral cowmo~cial , agroomonts un~or which

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Ho .hopo.d that, in ;1.s~ui~g · pp9r.~tiona~ d~rf.)ctiyos ~« tho A,goncy, tho c·o.-.ord1nating .Authority. wo~ld boar in 'mind ·tho~w :two

polnts, to tho ~oc.ond of wljl1ch t~o Gover~;nont . ~t._. ~d~Vl€ta~hod • , • . • l • • ~ ' ·'

grop. ~ ~n'J.po~tanco ~ .f. . • . ..

· His dol~gation also a.ccoptod tP,q suggestion t·ha.t thq · .. · , . • , " I ' ,. • • ~ '

co ... ord1nat1ng Authority sho:q.ld f1~ t _ho .Pl'1co a.t -whion ()piura w~W,.¢. · l<!t • '· ...

be m·ougnt ahd sold by tho Ago,n~y. 8'\.tch a provision. was ossQntinl

if compot;i.. t1on in tho intorna tiona.l opium market ~ras to \)e ol1m1•

nated. HO"wovol", ho hoped that, when doing so, tho .co-QJ;td.:tn.at1;ng. authority would give _d~o considol:'ri tion, to ;-1nt,.onal oaonom1c factors

bo~=~r1ng on tho rna ttor. ; :

14!'. KARI~BliDA. (Turko~"}" fol,t that .1~ should bo mAcio cloflr.

·that, when tho Agop.ey. was sot. \lp 1 c~ro 1'ou;Ld bo tRkon. to onsuro "··~ . ' -

that . tho national ch9.ract,or nn¢. ~qualitu of tho opium 1t han~lod

was not oblitor~tod. Tho ~goncy should oporat~ in such ~ ~1

that prod,u~i~g co1..1n_tr~es were npt deprlved_ of . the oxisting ma:r-· · •· kets for the.ir opium !.!!. ~, and should be oblige~ tq ~.e_ll Jts . ' epium to c6ns~ing ceuntries by c~~try . of ~rigin. ·

illr~ Ai;IlNi (tr~n) feared t~~,t th~ 'reserve.t1on$ Just · .... made . by th~ representa t1ves of Yugoslavia. lndta . a,n<j_ t 'l.t'key, . i~ .pr-essed,: would jeopar<lise the whole structure <>f the ,AgE;tnoy as

env1Mged 1n de~umen~ E/CN.7/ A9.l/lt.G/Rev.l. H'? the:rt~fore prv,.,; posed that :t:he · ~eet1ng should r~ ~e.; in O.!'qer to g1y.e ttep:resentat1-v:es

a further opportunity Qf reaching l ull. agreem~nt on outstand1ng _ issues. ,, . .

· Mr., COEHLo· (Iridia) OJtnsidered t~~t n•t1f1ng in the .Feser'!" vatf6ns made conflicted vr1th the 4rtiole relating .to . the !nter~ . .

national.Agenoy; either -in the spirit or in the letteP. Xhey

WQ>re Of 8. geriera.l nature, an<j did not affect the' d~tai,.led ~tru.cture • \ j • - ., .

et the AgencY.. He proposed that the ·~t1ole1 be ~ut to the meo~1ng forthw1~h.

' rtr, l\ARABUDA (Turkey) exple.inea t .ha t t ne e. ole e.~jec~ .

of his ' intervention had beeri t~ ens~~ t~i his remark~ we,:oe pl,.ced ' ' ... t ' . . on .recor~! ·~ · . 1

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·; M;t'. N~:J(Otl:T6H ./('Yug~·slav.1a) t .hought that eae~ csuntr.y, was . .

entitled to dra.w attentipn t'e its 'o'wn ~i1fficulties 1n the. hope that tney· wohid be taken. f~to account when the Agen ey was set up, . . . ' . . . and that ·.t.~e res.~rv~t~ons ent~red 1? no 'waY_, w~akeped t,ll~ af.:r~ament . in ~r-inciple ·on· · ~ts establishment. . -: ·'

.. Mr-: ·.,~r1f~~·~"':t~~.) · cotO;d a~:e~ ·i.~t th~ 4rt~.clE? ~hould ,be · .. put to the vote para·graph by paraP.:Tla.p~ , delege.M,.tms rn~k'1.n. a, spec'l.-

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ir he had understood the Yugoslav representative aright, ~he laf'ter ~d s·~id ithat~· "Jfi · his ' deleg~ti<m had had no clear pic~e of w~t tho ~stabllshmant of' the ~gsncy would

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entatl, it must ~etafn full liberty of actiun·on bahalf of its Govellllment ..

In his ( t4I'. Amini's) view, the, Article sought t~

1rnpose l1m1 ta tions on all pr·oducing countries; he could not

see wh1 Yugoslavia sh_?uld r~~in .. t'!'~e, when other com:tr1os had agreed to be bound b~ 1 t(s provisions. Cobdi tion~ll-l;lCCOp .. tapc.o ot the Artiole 1 and oapao1ally the reservation~ ~olsting to existing bilat~ral sgree<uonts, cut; e.c!'oss tho wholp concep­

tion underlying tho establishment of the Agenc_y. , The CHAlR!J~N said that, boforo putting to the veto . '

tho Iranian propo·se.l thl:'t the rrteotini $h.O'Uld riso, ho would like to know what };_lope the:rt) was .of. f:urthore 1-nfor.nal d1scuss1,.ms

leading to an cx~ons1on of tho area of agroomont reprosont~d by ' the joint lranian/:tnd1an pl'oposal.

Mr. A.diJl.l~ (Iran) ackno,.·lodgod that ho co,lld not contost

the right or the representatives or Yug.ol}l~vl.a a.nd Inrl1a. to Glltul"

general roservat1o:r:p:j based on tho sp·ocia1 c·onditions obta1n1.ng in

thoso countrioa, if they so ~ishod. Such difforoncoe ~f. v1ow ~~

that !'oves.lod by tho 1ntol'vont1on of tho X'Cprosontativo of Turkey,

~owovor, might woll be rocono1lod by further infermal d1$cuss1ons.

Mr. Klt.FL.BUDA (Turkey) doub:tod whothor it would p:r~wo oasy I

to roach agroomcnt on such :1-ssuos as ortgj;ns and trademarks.

i1II'. COBiiLO (India) supported tho Irani:.~.n p~opesal that

the hrticlo be J>U.t to tho mooting pa:ragr.aph by paragraph. l ,

~ftor some furtho~ dtacussion,

· tho C9ffi51 t teo ae;r.o,oq b4: ~ v9~Qe,1 ttLi tqe. t. ~~~ .:;1..:~~­~~g~ld, ri~o t•rthw1~h1 and, moop . as·ain on Wodn!1~?!Yz ~0 N.~v~a$2ott, ~. !:!9 ,P,•,m., vrhcn c·ons~der:~t1on or 1f.l;lo ~r~iclo on tho, irltotof tu&1tipi.L&.,~ Agon,c"l wo;uld, bo co.qtipuod~

3-. ST!~oTE.~U!!NT BY THE OBSERVBR )!.,0.~ Tiffi UU:tTED STl~TES GOVERNvtENT

iYlr, JIJERRILL ( Observol' for tho Gc:w9:rmmont of tho Un1 tod States ot t~mol"ioa.) rogpcttod that ho would bo unablo to attend furth(Jr rnoo't:tngs oi• tho Cornmi ttoo. ·

A:s all p~osont lmow, his country had f.'qr many yoe:rs

takon a loading ~a~e in tho 'oampa1gn to l~m1t tho usa of •pilW

to modioe.l and aci?nt1f1o noods •. Ho bad thorotoro b0on grati-

fied to obsol"vo th~ w1dt> area •f ag:roornont, on princi~los if ' -I

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partic\ll.e.rly '·at thp prosont moot·ing.• In tho light of that

progros's a;r:ld>,of tho 1m.portanoo, .. Qt t,b.rJ topics a.lroa.dy disposad

of, ho could, not -but bo optindst.-~c · as to .tho final outcamo of tho Commi ttoo' s work, in ~rhich ho wished it el,l succoss.

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