UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — League Council on opium
Q1. As constituted at its first session in Geneva in May 1921, the League of Nations Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs had how many founding member states (excluding non-voting assessors)?
- A. Six
- B. Seven
- C. Eight
- D. Ten
Q2. Consider the following statements comparing the League of Nations Opium Advisory Committee (OAC) with its successor, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND):
1. While the OAC was constituted under the League of Nations, the CND functions as a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
2. The CND was established in 1946 by an ECOSOC resolution and assumed the drug-control functions of the OAC.
3. The import-certificate system for controlling the international movement of narcotic drugs was first introduced by the CND.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- While the OAC was constituted under the League of Nations, the CND functions as a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
- The CND was established in 1946 by an ECOSOC resolution and assumed the drug-control functions of the OAC.
- The import-certificate system for controlling the international movement of narcotic drugs was first introduced by the CND.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q3. Within the present United Nations system, which body is the direct institutional successor of the League of Nations Opium Advisory Committee and serves as the central policy-making organ on international drug control?
- A. International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
- B. UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
- C. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- D. WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence