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UNIS/NAR/1471
11 May 2023
The International Narcotics Control Board elects new President and officers
VIENNA, 11 May (UN Information Service) - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has elected Professor Jallal Toufiq as its President at its 137th session.
INCB commenced its 137th session on 8 May with a meeting of its Standing Committee on Estimates, which reviewed national estimates of requirements for controlled substances for medical, scientific and industrial purposes.
On 10 May, the Board elected Professor Jallal Toufiq as its President and elected a new Bureau for a one-year term.
The composition of the Bureau is as follows:
- Jallal Toufiq - President of the Board
- César T. Arce Rivas - First Vice-President
- Zukiswa Zingela - Second Vice-President and Chair of the Standing Committee on Estimates
- Cornelis P. de Joncheere - Rapporteur
Officers elected by the Board:
- N. Larissa Razanadimby - Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Estimates
- Jagjit Pavadia - Chair of the Committee on Finance and Administration and Member, Standing Committee on Estimates
- H. H. Sevil Atasoy - Member, Standing Committee on Estimates and Member, Committee on Finance and Administration
- Lin Lu - Member, Committee on Finance and Administration
- Pavel Pachta - Member, Standing Committee on Estimates
- David T. Johnson - Member, Standing Committee on Estimates and Member, Committee on Finance and Administration
- Galina Korchagina - Member, Standing Committee on Estimates.
The outgoing president, Jagjit Pavadia, congratulated Professor Jallal Toufiq on his election and thanked the Board and secretariat for their support over the past two years. She also thanked Member States and other partners for their cooperation during her tenure.
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INCB is the independent, quasi-judicial body charged with promoting and monitoring Government compliance with the three international drug control conventions: the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. Established by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961, the thirteen members of the Board are elected in a personal capacity by the Economic and Social Council for terms of five years.
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