social and opium traffic section

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League of Nations body administrative unit

The social and opium traffic section was a specialized unit of the League of Nations’ Permanent Secretariat responsible for addressing international social issues and coordinating efforts to control the global trade in opium and other dangerous drugs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations body ⓘ
administrative unit ⓘ
aimedTo limit production of opium to medical and scientific needs ⓘ
promote international cooperation on social issues ⓘ
protect public health through drug control ⓘ
reduce illicit trade in opium ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction member states of the League of Nations ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
dissolved 1946 ⓘ
field drug control ⓘ
narcotics control ⓘ
opium traffic control ⓘ
social affairs ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
other official languages of the League of Nations ⓘ
hasTask address broader international social problems ⓘ
assist League of Nations organs dealing with social questions ⓘ
collect and analyze information on opium and dangerous drugs ⓘ
compile statistics on production and trade of opium ⓘ
compile statistics on production and trade of other dangerous drugs ⓘ
coordinate international efforts to control opium traffic ⓘ
draft proposals for international drug control measures ⓘ
facilitate cooperation between states on narcotics control ⓘ
monitor compliance with opium control conventions ⓘ
prepare reports and studies on social issues ⓘ
provide secretariat services to drug control committees ⓘ
support humanitarian and social welfare initiatives of the League of Nations ⓘ
support implementation of international drug control treaties ⓘ
headquartersLocation Geneva ⓘ
inception 1920s ⓘ
location Palais des Nations ⓘ
surface form: Palais des Nations, Geneva
operatedInPeriod interwar period ⓘ
parentOrganization League of Nations ⓘ
partOf Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations Secretariat

Permanent Secretariat of the League of Nations ⓘ
replacedBy Commission on Narcotic Drugs ⓘ
United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Secretariat social affairs units

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ⓘ
surface form: United Nations drug control bodies
reportedTo League of Nations Assembly ⓘ
Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations Council

Secretary-General of the League of Nations ⓘ
subjectOf League of Nations archival records ⓘ
historical studies on international drug control ⓘ
research on League of Nations social policy ⓘ
usedLegalFramework League of Nations drug control agreements ⓘ
international opium conventions ⓘ

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