OBITUARY

VIENNA, 13 May 2009 - It is with great sadness that the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) takes note of the demise of Professor Edouard Armenakovich Babayan, M.D., former INCB member (1995-2005).

Professor Babayan, born in 1920, was a national of the Russian Federation and a Professor, Doctor of Medical Science and Academician. Principal Scientific Researcher, Scientific Research Institute of Social and Forensic Psychiatry. Honorary Vice-President, International Council on Alcohol and Addictions.

Graduate of the Second Moscow Medical Institute (1941), he was author of over 200 scientific papers, inter alia, monographs and courses on drug control, published in many countries throughout the world.

• Winner of the E. Brauning International Award for valuable contribution to narcotic drug control;
• Winner of the Skryabin Award for contribution to the development of biology and medical science; and
  
• Winner of the Semashko Award for the best publication on public health management.

Professor Babayan was a honorary member of the Purkine Society; and Honoured Physician of the Russian Federation.

Among his many international activities, he was the Head of the Russian delegation to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (1964-1993); Chairman of the Commission (1977 and 1990).

He became Member of the International Narcotics Control Board (1995-2005). President of the Standing Committee Narcotics Control Board of the Russian Federation (1999). Second Vice-President of the Board and Chairman of the Standing Committee on Estimates (1997 and 2000). Member of the Standing Committee on Estimates (1995-2001).