Single Convention
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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
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3148712 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Single Convention Context triple: [Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, shortName, Single Convention]
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A.
Sewel Convention
The Sewel Convention is a constitutional principle in the United Kingdom that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
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B.
Washington Convention
The Washington Convention is the international treaty that established the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to arbitrate disputes between foreign investors and states.
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C.
Liability Convention
The Liability Convention is an international space law treaty that establishes rules for determining and compensating damage caused by space objects.
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D.
Rome Convention
The Rome Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1961 that grants neighboring rights protection to performers, phonogram producers, and broadcasting organizations.
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E.
Budapest Convention
The Budapest Convention is the first international treaty aimed at harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and enhancing cooperation among nations to combat cybercrime.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Single Convention Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Sewel Convention
The Sewel Convention is a constitutional principle in the United Kingdom that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate on devolved matters without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
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B.
Washington Convention
The Washington Convention is the international treaty that established the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to arbitrate disputes between foreign investors and states.
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C.
Liability Convention
The Liability Convention is an international space law treaty that establishes rules for determining and compensating damage caused by space objects.
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D.
Rome Convention
The Rome Convention is an international treaty adopted in 1961 that grants neighboring rights protection to performers, phonogram producers, and broadcasting organizations.
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E.
Budapest Convention
The Budapest Convention is the first international treaty aimed at harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques, and enhancing cooperation among nations to combat cybercrime.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations treaty
ⓘ
international drug control treaty ⓘ |
| administeredBy | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ |
| adoptedAt |
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
Hague International Opium Convention of 1912 ⓘ
surface form:
International Opium Convention of 1912
Agreement concerning the Suppression of the Manufacture of, Internal Trade in, and Use of Prepared Opium of 1925 ⓘ
surface form:
International Opium Convention of 1925
Protocol of 1948 bringing under international control drugs outside the scope of the 1931 Convention ⓘ
surface form:
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| signedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
international drug trafficking
ⓘ
narcotic drugs control ⓘ public health ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Single Convention Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs