Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2007

Foreword

Explanatory notes

1. The principle of proportionality and drug-related offences
   1. The principle ofproportionality
   2. Proportionalityand the international drug control conventions
   3. Proportionate prosecution, sentencing and alternatives
   4. Equality before the law
   5. Teamwork involving thejusticeand health-care systems
   6. Recommendations
2. Operation of the international drug control system
   1. Narcotic drugs
   2. Psychotropicsubstances
   3. Precursors
   4. Promoting universal application of the international drugcontrol treaties
   5. Measures to ensure the implementation ofthe internationaldrug control treaties
   6. Special topics
3. Analysis of the world situation
   1. Africa
   2. Americas
      Central America and the Caribbean
      North America
      South America
   3. Asia
      East and South-East Asia
      South Asia
      West Asia
   4. Europe
   5. Oceania
4. Recommendations to Governments, the United Nations and other relevant international and regionalorganizations
   1. Recommendations to Governments
   2. Recommendations to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and to the World Health Organization
   3. Recommendations to other relevant international organizations

Annexes

1. Regional groupings used in the report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2007
2. Current membership of the International Narcotics Control Board; Role of the International Narcotics Control Board