POLAND
On signature the Government of the Polish People's Republic made the following reservations, which were confirmed on ratification:
"The Government of the Polish People's Republic wishes to make reservations concerning the following provisions
(1) Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 19 of the above-said Convention as applicable to states deprived of the opportunities of becoming Parties to the Convention in view of the procedure provided for in Article 25 of the Convention.
In the considered opinion of the Government of the Polish People's Republic the provisions of Article 25 of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 In this connection the Government of the are of discriminatory character. Polish People's Republic reiterates its firm position that the above-said Convention, in accordance with the principle of sovereign equality of states, should be open to all interested states without any discrimination.
(2) Paragraph 2 of Article 31 of the Convention which provides that disputes which cannot be settled by negotiation, investigation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, recourse to regional bodies, judicial process or other peaceful means of their own choice, shall be referred, at the request of any one of the parties In this to the dispute, to the International Court of Justice for decision. connection the Government of the Polish People's Republic wishes to state that a submission of a dispute to the International Court of Justice, for its decision can be made only with full consent to such a procedure by all parties to the dispute and not at the request of one or some of them."
SOUTH AFRICA
The South African Government's instrument of accession contains the following reservation:
"The Government of the Republic of South Africa deem it advisable to accede to the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, subject to reservations in respect of Article 19 paragraphs 1 and 2, Article 27 and Article 31 as provided for in Article 32 paragraph 2 of the Convention.”
SOVIET UNION
On signing the Convention the Government of the Soviet Union made the following reservations and declarations:
(Translation) Reservations
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 19, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 as applied to States not entitled to become Parties to the Convention on the basis of the procedure provided for in Article 25 of that Convention.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics does not consider itself bound by the provisions of Article 31 of the Convention concerning the referral to the International Court of Justice of a dispute relating to the interpretation or application of the Convention at the request of any one of the Parties to the dispute and declares that the referral of any such dispute to the International Court of Justice shall in each case require the consent of all Parties to the dispute.
Declarations
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