Adherence to the 1988 Convention

Practical information for competent authorities on adherence to the 1988 Convention, the submission of information, seizure data, requests for pre-export notifications and the licit and illicit uses of scheduled substances is contained in annexes I-IX. 

A. Status of adherence to the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 and reporting by Governments pursuant to article 12... 

As at 1 November 2007, the 1988 Convention had been ratified, acceded to or approved by 182 States and formally confirmed by the European Community (extent of competence article 12), bringing the level of adherence to 94 per cent of all States in the world. Since the 2006 report of the Board on the implementation of article 123 was issued, the Democratic People s Republic of Korea and Liechtenstein have become parties to the Convention. The rates of adherence by region were as follows (see annex I for details) Africa, 94 per cent the Americas, 100 per cent Asia, 98 per cent Europe, 98 per cent and Oceania, 54 per cent. The Board calls on the 12 States4 that have not yet acceded to the Convention to implement the provisions of article 12 and to become parties to the Convention as soon as possible. 

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