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1964/1025(XXXVII). | The question of khat66/*/ |
The Economic and Social Council, Recalling its resolution 667 D(XXIV) of 1 August 1957, by which it invited the World Health Organization to study the medical aspects of the habitual chewing of khat leaves and to submit a report thereon to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Being informed that the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, at its nineteenth session, studied this report,67/ Noting that medical and social problems connected with the habitual and excessive chewing of khat leaves are confined at present to a limited number of countries in one geographical area, 1. Thanks the World Health Organization for its important contribution to the study of the medical aspects of khat-leaf chewing; 2. Draws the attention of Governments of countries concerned to the report of the World Health Organization for any action they may consider necessary. 1345th plenary meeting, 67/ See document E/CN.7/459/Add.1 (WHO/APD/Rev.1).
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