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conference the League included its expenses among those of the
Secretariat; and its staff is administratively part of the Secretariat;
but it is an independent body which carries out its duties on its
own responsibility. The provisions of the 1925 convention regulating
these matters are as follows:
“Article 19: A Permanent Central Board shall be appointed
within three months of the coming into force of the present conven¬
tion.
The Central Board shall consist of eight persons who, by their
technical competence, impartiality and disinterestedness, will com¬
mand general confidence.
The members of the Central Board shall be appointed by the
Council of the League of Nations.
The United States and Germany shall be invited each to nominate
one person to participate in these appointments.
In making the appointments, consideration shall be given to the
importance of including on the Central Board, in equitable propor¬
tion, persons possessing a knowledge of the drug situation, both
in the producing and manufacturing countries on the one hand and
in the consuming countries on the other hand, and connected with
such countries.
The members of the Central Board shall not hold any office which
puts them in a position of direct dependence on their governments.
The members shall be appointed for a period of five years, and
they will be eligible for re-appointment.
The Central Board shall elect its own President and shall settle
its rules of procedure.
At meetings of the Board, four members shall form a quorum.
The decisions of the Board relative to articles 24 and 26 shall be
taken by an absolute majority of the whole number of the Board/’
“Article 20: The Council of the League of Nations shall, in con¬
sultation with the Board, make the necessary arrangements for
the organisation and working of the Board, with the object of assur¬
ing the full technical independence of the Board in carrying out its
duties under the present convention, while providing for the con¬
trol of the staff in administrative matters by the Secretary General.
The Secretary General shall appoint the secretary and staff of the
Board on the nomination of the Board and subject to the approval
of the Council.”
Articles 21, 22 and 23 require the contracting countries to furnish
the Board annually with estimates of the amount of imports of the
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conference the League included its expenses among those of the
Secretariat; and its staff is administratively part of the Secretariat;
but it is an independent body which carries out its duties on its
own responsibility. The provisions of the 1925 convention regulating
these matters are as follows:
“Article 19: A Permanent Central Board shall be appointed
within three months of the coming into force of the present conven¬
tion.
The Central Board shall consist of eight persons who, by their
technical competence, impartiality and disinterestedness, will com¬
mand general confidence.
The members of the Central Board shall be appointed by the
Council of the League of Nations.
The United States and Germany shall be invited each to nominate
one person to participate in these appointments.
In making the appointments, consideration shall be given to the
importance of including on the Central Board, in equitable propor¬
tion, persons possessing a knowledge of the drug situation, both
in the producing and manufacturing countries on the one hand and
in the consuming countries on the other hand, and connected with
such countries.
The members of the Central Board shall not hold any office which
puts them in a position of direct dependence on their governments.
The members shall be appointed for a period of five years, and
they will be eligible for re-appointment.
The Central Board shall elect its own President and shall settle
its rules of procedure.
At meetings of the Board, four members shall form a quorum.
The decisions of the Board relative to articles 24 and 26 shall be
taken by an absolute majority of the whole number of the Board/’
“Article 20: The Council of the League of Nations shall, in con¬
sultation with the Board, make the necessary arrangements for
the organisation and working of the Board, with the object of assur¬
ing the full technical independence of the Board in carrying out its
duties under the present convention, while providing for the con¬
trol of the staff in administrative matters by the Secretary General.
The Secretary General shall appoint the secretary and staff of the
Board on the nomination of the Board and subject to the approval
of the Council.”
Articles 21, 22 and 23 require the contracting countries to furnish
the Board annually with estimates of the amount of imports of the
i
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