CO129-483 - Others & Individuals - 1923 — Page 421

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made to the Fifth Committee lust year by H. lder

on behalf of the Swiss Government and mentioned in the report of this Committee to the new_mbly. The same is the case also with Purein, ithouh hope was given by a similar declaration of thu Persian delegation, that its ratification without 168CTVU Was very prob.ble.

The importane of ratifications by countries so deeply interested in the production of and trade in opium and other druge us tho just mentioned is clearly evident, the undeavours of the .dvisory Committee to bring about a control of production und limit of abuse, being more or lose hopeless po long us a full co-operation between interested powers

And the adherence even of has not been uttuincð, countries which can be counted neither among pro- duours, nor among manufacturers of opium, eto.,

x) also of great importance, such countries easily becoming centrus of illicit treff10.

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It would be well, therefore, once more to ask the Council to moku un appeal to the Government in

order to have

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The following countries, numbers of the League, have not yet ratified the Opium Convention:

Coste lica, bethonia, Argentine, Columbia, Lithuania, Paraguay

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ucin, writzerland.

Latvia,

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