61 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-NARCOTIC DRUGS-DEC. 11, 1946 member States bound by the present Convention". In article 33, the words "High Contracting Party" and "High Contracting Parties" shall replace the words "Member of the League of Nations or non-member State bound by this Convention" and "Members of the League of Na- tions or non-member States bound by this Convention". 4. AGREEMENT FOR THE CONTROL OF OPIUM-SMOKING IN THE FAR EAST, WITH FINAL ACT, SIGNED AT BANGKOK ON 27 NOVEMBER 1931 In articles V and VII, "the Secretary-General of the United Nations" shall be substituted for "the Secretary-General of the League of Nations". 5. INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF ILLICIT TRAFFIC IN DANGEROUS DRUGS, SIGNED AT GENEVA ON 26 JUNE 1936 In articles 16, 18, 21, 23 and 24, "the Secretary-General of the United Nations" shall be substi- tuted for "the Secretary-General of the League of Nations". For article 17, second para- graph, the following paragraph shall be substituted: "In case there is no such agreement between the Parties, the dispute shall be referred to arbitration or judicial settle- ment. In the absence of agree- ment on the choice of another tribunal, the dispute shall, at the request of any one of the Parties, be referred to the In- ternational Court of Justice, if all the Parties to the dispute are Parties to the Statute, and, if any of the Parties to the dis- pute is not a Party to the Statute, to an arbitral tribunal constituted in accordance with the Hague Convention of 18 October 1907 for the Pacific Settlement of International Dis- putes." Paragraph 4 of article 18 shall read as follows: "The Secretary-General shall communicate to all the Mem- bers of the United Nations and to the non-member States men- tioned in article 20 all declara- tions and notices received in virtue of this article." Article 20 shall read as follows: "The present Convention is subject to ratification. As from 1 January 1947, the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall notify their receipt to all the Members of the United Na- tions and the non-member States to which the Secretary- General has communicated a copy of the Convention." Paragraph 1 of article 21 shall read as follows: "The present Convention shall be open to accession on behalf of any Member of the United Nations or non-member State mentioned in article 20." In paragraph 1 of article 24, the words "High Contracting Party" shall be substituted for the words "Member of the League or non- member State". The second paragraph of article 24 shall read as follows: "The Secretary-General shall notify all the Members of the United Nations and non-mem- 2255
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