Morocco Re-elected Chair of International Narcotics Control Board

Morocco has been re-elected Head of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) during the 140th session of this international body convening in Vienna May 20-31.

The re-election of Moroccan Jallal Toufiq President of INCB for one year is an international recognition of the efforts made by the North African Kingdom in the global fight against drugs and its contributions to the implementation of the international drug control conventions.

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 World Health Organization).

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. 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.