International Narcotics Control Board

• It is the independent and quasi-judicial monitoring body for the implementation of the United Nations international drug control conventions.
• It was established in 1968 in accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961.
• It consists of 13 members who are elected by the ECOSOC.
• Each of the 13 members is elected for a five-year term and serves in their personal capacity, not as government representatives.
•  It is headquartered in Vienna.
• It ensures adequate supplies of narcotics are available for medical and scientific purposes It also publishes an annual report providing a comprehensive survey of the drug control situation in various parts of the world to ECOSOC through the Commission.