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in any way conclusive. It was to be feared, for instance, that the countries where at present the drug was not manufactured would stand aside when the new agreement was ratified on the plea that no such manufacture existed in their territory.
It was by the Fifth Committee considered as urgent that both Conferences should be he'd as soon as possible, the more limited Conference concerning the Far East to be held first, while the other should follow, if possible, immediately after the former.
In accordance with the above considerations, the Fifth Committee recommends the Assembly to pass the following resolutions:
Resolution I. — The Assembly expresses its deep appreciation of the very valuable work done by the Advisory Committee on Traffic in Opium and other Dangerous Drugs, adopts its report and resolutions, taking note of the reservations contained therein, and asks the Council to take the necessary steps to put these resolutions into effect.
Resolution 2. — The Assembly, in view of Turkey having agreed, by the Treaty of Lausanne, to adopt and to enforce the International Opium Convention of 1912, and in view of its importance as an opium-producing country, expresses the wish that the Turkish Government fication of the Convention and signature of the final Protocol of 1914 —
a representative to serve on the Advisory Committee.
-on its rati.
be invited to nominate
Resolution 3. The Assembly asks the Council to repeat its request to the Governments of Albania, Argentine, Colombia, Costa Rica, Lithuania, Paraguay, Persia and Switzerland, that they should take all possible measures with a view to the prompt ratification and application of the Opium Convention.
Resolution 4. The Assembly, taking note with regret of the fact that a number of countries have not yet adopted the import certificate system as recommended by the Assembly in 1921 and 1922, reiterates the opinion expressed by the Assembly in 1922, that this system is the most practi- cal method yet suggested for controlling the import and export of the drugs in accordance wit!! the provisions of the International Opium Convention and that its success depends on its adoption by all countries engaged in importing or exporting the drugs: and in view of the serious difficulties created by the non-adoption up to the present, of the system by several important countries, requests that the Advisory Committee may be instructed to proceed with the consideration of the suggestion contained in the second resolution adopted by the Assembly in 1922, and to report specially to the next Assembly on the whole situation.
Resolution 5-
The Assembly approves the proposal of the Advisory Committee that the Governments concerned should be invited immediately to enter into negotiations with a view to the conclusion of an agreement as to the measures for giving effective application in the Far Eastern territories to Part II of the Convention and as to a reduction of the amount of raw opium to be imported for the purpose of smoking in those territories where it is temporarily continued. and as to the measures which should be taken by the Government of the Republic of China to bring about the suppression of the illegal production and use of opium in China, and requests the Council to invite those Governments to send representatives with plenipotentiary powers, to .. conference for the purpose and to report to the Council at the earliest possible date.
Resolution 6, The Assembly, having noted with satisfaction that, in accordance with the hope expressed in the fourth resolution adopted by the Assembly in 1922, the Advisory Committer las reported that the information now available makes it possible for the Governments concerne! to examine, with a view to the conclusion of an agreement, the question of the limitation of the amounts of morphine, heroin or cocaine and their respective salts to be manufactured; of the limitation of the amounts of raw opium and the coca leaf to be imported for that purpose and fo other medicinal and scientific purposes; and of the limitation of the production of raw opium and the coca leaf for export to the amount required for such medicinal and scientific purposes, requests the Council, as a means of giving effect to the principles submitted by the representatives of the United States of America, and to the policy which the League, on the recommendation of the Advisory Committee, has adopted, to invite the Governments concerned to send representativ with plenipotentiary powers to a conference for this purpose, to be held, if possible, immediate after the conference mentioned in Resolution 5.
The Assembly also suggests, for the consideration of the Council, the advisability of enlarging this conference so as to include within its scope all countries which are Members of the League. or Parties to the Convention of 1912, with a view to securing their adhesion to the principles that may be embodied in any agreement reached.
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Dear Paskin,
Hotel Metropole,
Geneva.
29 September, 1923.
I got your letter of the 27th. Just in
time to enable me to act on it.
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I have according sent off, addressed to the Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, a huge parcel in the British Consul's bag to the Foreign Office; it contains twenty copies each of the Minutes and Report of the Advisory Committee, of the Fifth Committee's Report to the Assembly, and of the Resolutions adopted by the Assembly; you did not ask for the last two, but they may be useful.
Yours ever,
M.E. Antreno.
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P.S. I shall be back at the Office on the 8th., there is anything else that you want to know; in any
case I will look in and see you.
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