International Narcotics Control Board

International Narcotics Control Board
الهيئة الدولية لمراقبة المخدرات (Arabic)

国际麻醉品管制局 (Chinese)
Organe International de Contrôle des Stupéfiants (French)
Международный Комитет по Контролю над Наркотиками (Russian)

Junta Internacional de Fiscalización de Estupefacientes (Spanish)
AbbreviationINCB
PredecessorPermanent Central Opium Board and Drug Supervisory Board
Formation1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Founded atGeneva, Switzerland
TypeTreaty body
Legal statusActive
PurposeTreaty body of the 1961 Convention, 1971 Convention, and 1988 Convention
HeadquartersVienna International Centre (Vienna, Austria)
Membership
13 Board Members
President
Jallal Toufiq
Secretary
Mark Colhoun
Main organ
Board
Websiteincb.org

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) is an independent treaty body, one of the four treaty-mandated bodies under international drug control law (alongside the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, UNODC on behalf of the Secretary-General, and the WHO).[1]

The INCB is responsible for monitoring the control of substances pursuant to the three United Nations drug control conventions and for assisting Member States in their efforts to implement those conventions.[2] It plays an important role in monitoring the production and trade of narcotics and psychotropics, as well as their availability for medical and scientific purposes, and in deciding which precursors should be regulated.[3]

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