At its 44th plenary meeting, on 30 July 2009, the Economic and Social Council, taking note of the note by the Secretary-General50 on the proposal of the Government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to amend article 49, paragraphs 1 (c) and 2 (e), of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol,51 decided, with reference to article 47, paragraph 1, of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, to initiate the procedures established in paragraph 1 (b) of that article, which states that the parties shall be asked whether they accept the proposed amendment and also asked to submit to the Council any comments on the proposal.
