Single Convention

E331257

The Single Convention is a landmark international treaty that standardizes global control of narcotic drugs for medical and scientific use while combating drug abuse and illicit trafficking.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Single Convention canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty ⓘ
international drug control treaty ⓘ
administeredBy United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ
adoptedAt United Nations Conference for the Adoption of a Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ⓘ
adoptedOn 1961-03-30 ⓘ
amendedBy 1972 Protocol Amending the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 ⓘ
appliesTo cultivation of cannabis plant ⓘ
cultivation of coca bush ⓘ
cultivation of opium poppy ⓘ
articleCountApproximate 51 articles ⓘ
concludedUnder United Nations ⓘ
defines illicit traffic ⓘ
narcotic drug ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn 1964-12-13 ⓘ
establishes International Narcotics Control Board mandate ⓘ
system of schedules for controlled narcotic drugs ⓘ
focusesOn medical use of narcotic drugs ⓘ
scientific use of narcotic drugs ⓘ
formsPartOf international drug control conventions ⓘ
fullName Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ⓘ
geographicalScope worldwide ⓘ
hasAnnex Schedules of narcotic drugs ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
monitoredBy International Narcotics Control Board ⓘ
obliges States Parties to criminalize certain drug-related activities ⓘ
purpose to combat drug abuse through coordinated international action ⓘ
to limit the possession, use, trade in, distribution, import, export, manufacture and production of narcotic drugs exclusively to medical and scientific purposes ⓘ
relatedConvention Convention on Psychotropic Substances ⓘ
United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances ⓘ
replaces Convention for Limiting the Manufacture and Regulating the Distribution of Narcotic Drugs of 1931 ⓘ
International Opium Convention of 1912 ⓘ
International Opium Convention of 1925 ⓘ
Protocol of 1948 Bringing under International Control Drugs Outside the Scope of the 1931 Convention ⓘ
Protocol of 1953 for Limiting and Regulating the Cultivation of the Poppy Plant ⓘ
requires estimation of national narcotic drug requirements ⓘ
licensing of manufacture and trade in narcotic drugs ⓘ
reporting of narcotic drug statistics by States Parties ⓘ
shortName Single Convention ⓘ
signedIn New York City ⓘ
subjectMatter international drug trafficking ⓘ
narcotic drugs control ⓘ
public health ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs → shortName → Single Convention ⓘ
subject linked to: Single Convention