61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-NARCOTIC DRUGS-DEC. 11, 1946 2253 League of Nations and to the non-member States mentioned in article 27" shall be replaced by the words "to all the Members of the United Nations and to the non-member States mentioned in article 28". For the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 6 of article 5, the fol- lowing sub-paragraph shall be substituted: "The estimates will be ex- amined by a Supervisory Body consisting of four members. The World Health Organization shall appoint two members and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Economic and Social Council and the Perma- nent Central Board shall each appoint one member. "The secretariat of the Super- visory Body shall be provided by the Secretary-General of the United Nations who will ensure close collaboration with the Permanent Central Board." In article 5, paragraph 7, the words "December 15th in each year" shall be substituted for the words "November 1st in each year", and the words "through the intermediary of the Secretary- General of the United Nations to all the Members of the United Nations and non-member States referred to in article 28" shall be substituted for the words " through the intermediary of the Secretary- General, to all the Members of the League of Nations and non- member States referred to in article 27". For paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of article 11, the following para- graphs shall be substituted: "2. Any High Contracting Party permitting trade in or manufacture for trade of any such product to be commenced shall immediately send a notifi- cation to that effect to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall advise the other High Contracting Parties and the World Health Organi- zation. "3. The World Health Organ- ization, acting on the advice of the expert committee appointed by it, will thereupon decide whether the product in question is capable of producing addiction (and is in consequence assimil- able to the drugs mentioned in sub-group (a) of Group I), or whether it is convertible into such a drug (and is in conse- quence assimilable to the drugs mentioned in sub-group (b) of Group I or in Group II). "4. In the event of the World Health Organization, on the advice of the expert committee appointed by it, deciding that the product is not itself a drug capable of producing addiction, but is convertible into such a drug, the question whether the drug in question shall fall under sub-group (b) of Group I or under Group II shall be referred for decision to a body of three experts competent to deal with the scientific and technical as- pects of the matter, of whom one member shall be selected by the Government concerned, one by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the Economic and Social Council, and the third by the two members so selected. "5. Any decision arrived at in accordance with the two preceding paragraphs shall be notified to the Secretary- General of the United Nations, who will communicate it to all States Members of the United
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