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REFERENCE:DND 421/15
DND 421/5
16 July 1987
Dear Mr. Nagler,
I refer to your letter of 3 July concerning the possible future applica- tion of the draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic
non-metropolitan affairs of which the United Kingdom is responsible.
substances
to
territories
for the
foreign
In this connection I would draw your attention to article IIJ entitled "Territorial Application" of the draft final clauses which appear in annex VII in working document
DND/DCIT/WP.1.
variant
is
draft Single
Two variants are
the given of identical to article 42 of first
the article. Convention and article 27 of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
The
that the recent declaration with
same
I have been informed by the Office of Legal Affairs practice of the United Kingdom has been to simply make a respect to territorial application at the time of depositing an instrument of
a The effect of such declaration is the ratification ог accession. whether or not there is a specific article on territorial application in a convention. For your information in this connection, I attach copies of two instruments deposited by the United Kingdom in which it specifies that the convention in question is ratified on behalf not only of the United Kingdom but also of other territories, notwithstanding the fact that there does not exist in the corresponding conventions any specific provisions concerning territories.
one most concerned Since the United Kingdom Government. is probably the with the question of territorial application to non-metropolitan territories, office to I believe you may wish to contact the appropriate Government ascertain what the recent preference of Her Majesty's Government has been.
Best personal regards.
Yours sincerely,
ik Bai
P.K. Bailey Chief
Treaty Implementation and Commission Secretariat Section Division of Narcotic Drugs
Mr. N.A. Nagler Home Office
Queen Anne's Gate London SW1H 9AT England