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INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD (INCB)

May 9, 2019

India's Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for another term.

About:

  • Type: The INCB is an independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body.

  • Mandate: Implementation of the UN's international drug control conventions. 

  • History: It was established in 1968 by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 by merging the Permanent Central Narcotics Board and the Drug Supervisory Body

  • Membership: INCB has 13 members, each elected by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a period of five years. INCB members may be re-elected. 

  • Secretariat: The INCB secretariat is an administrative entity of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. It is located at Vienna, Austria. 

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