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MULTILATERAL-NARCOTIC DRUGS. JULY 13, 1931. CONVENTION FOR LIMITING THE MANUFACTURE AND REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS. 1545 THE PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN REICH; THE PRESIDENT OF THE Contracting powel'8, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC; THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRIAN REPUBLIC; HIS :MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND AND THE BRITISH DOMINIONS BEYOND THE SEAS, EMPEROR OF INDIA; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF DENMARK AND ICELAND; THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLISH REPUBLIC, FOR THE FREE CITY OF DANZIG; THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUB- LIC; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF EGYPT; THE PRESIDENT OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE SPANISH REPUBLIC; HIS MAJ- ESTY THE EMPEROR AND KING OF THE KINGS OF ABYSSINIA; THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC; THE PRESIDENT OF THE HEL- LENIC REPUBLIC; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMAIJA; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF HEJAZ, N EJD AND DEPENDENCIES; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY; HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA; THE PRESI- DENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA; HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBURG; THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF MEXICO; HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF MON- ACO; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF P ARAGUAY; HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS; HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY THE SHAH OF PERSIA; THE PRESIDENT OF THE POLISH REPUBLIC; THE PRESIDENT OF THE POR- TUGUESE REPUBLIC; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ROUMANIA; I CAPITANI REGGENTI OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO; HIS MAJ- ESTY THE KING OF SIAM; HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN; THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL; THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC; THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY; THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF VENEZUELA, Desiring to supplement the provisions of the International Opium ~~OIII Conventions, signed at The Hague on January 23rd, 1912, and at BU19:38, 8 July 2014 (UTC):t912. Geneva on February 19th, 1925, by rendering effective by interna- tional agreement the limitation of the manufacture of narcotic drugs to the world's legitimate requirements for medical and scientific pur- poses and by regulating their distribution, Have resolved to conclude a Convention for that purpose and have Plenipotentiaries. appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: