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INTRODUCTION
1. In paragraph 2 of its resolution 39/141 of 14 December 1984 entitled "Draft Convention against Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substan- ces and Related Activities", the General Assembly requested
"the Economic and Social Council, taking into consideration Article 62, paragraph 3, and Article 66, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations and Council resolution 9 (I) of 16 February 1946, to request the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to initiate at its thirty-first session, to be held in February 1985, as a matter of priority, the preparation of a draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs which con- siders the various aspects of the problem as a whole and, in particular, those not envisaged in existing international instruments."
The Economic and Social Council formally requested the Commission on Narcotic Drugs to initial the preparation of the draft convention by its decision 1985/104 of 8 February 1985.
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Al its thirty first session (11-20 February 1985), the Commission respon- ded to the request of the General Assembly and adopted resolution 1(XXXI) of 20 February 1985 entitled "Initiation of the Preparation of a Draft Convention on Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances".
In paragraph 1 of that resolution, the Commission requested the Secretary General
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"to seek .ron aomber Slates of the United Nations and States Parties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 19-1, that Convention as amended by the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, by 1 July 1985, comments and proposals on the elements they would like to have incorpora- ted in a draft Convention in fulfilment of the mandate established in General Assembly resolution 39/141.
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For this purpose, the Secretary-General was also requested to circulate 18 relevant documents specified in the same operative paragraph of the Commission resolution. This was done under cover of a note dated 15 March 1985.
In paragraph 2 of its resolution 1(XXXI), the Commission requested the Secretary General
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"Lo compile and consolidate, within available resources, the comments received from Governments, as well as other relevant studies, and to prepare a report, to be circulated to Member States of the United Nations and other States not later than 1 November 1985, which will identify elements to be considered for inclusion in a draft Convention, in compli- ance with the mandate set out in General Assembly resolution 39/141."
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