NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES · VI-15

South Africa and the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961

South Africa became bound on 1971-11-16, by accession, the 76th state to do so.

Treaty

Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961

State

South Africa

Signed

not signed

Became bound

1971-11-16 — by accession

Treaty in force since

13 December 1964, in accordance with article 41.

Depositary record

United Nations Treaty Collection

Accession is not ratification. A state accedes to a treaty it never signed, so there is no signature date to show and none is missing. The two are often written as though interchangeable; the record does not treat them that way, so neither does this page.

Where this sits

• 76 in order of becoming party
• 154 states bound in total
• New treaty adopted

Order is by the date the depositary records, and states that became bound on the same day share a position — eleven states became party to the Charter on 24 October 1945 and none of them was eleventh.

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