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July 22, 2015
Third Session (1951)
Documents
The general and limited distribution documents of the International Law Commission (in the “A/CN.4” series) are issued, in all six official languages, as official documents of the United Nations. The Commission’s Summary Records are first made available in provisional form, in English and French only. They are subsequently edited and translated into the other official languages, and published in the Yearbook of the International Law Commission. Some of the Commission’s other documents are also later edited and published in the Yearbook, together with the Commission’s annual report to the General Assembly.
General Documents
| Symbol | Title |
|---|---|
| A/CN.4/40 | Provisional Agenda |
| A/CN.4/41 + Corr.1 | Report on Reservations to Multilateral Conventions by Mr. J.L. Brierly, Special Rapporteur |
| A/CN.4/42 | Second Report on the Regime of the High Seas by Mr. J.P.A. François, Special Rapporteur |
| A/CN.4/43 | Second Report on the Law of Treaties: Revised articles of the draft convention by Mr. J.L. Brierly, Special Rapporteur |
| A/CN.4/44 | Second Report on a Draft Code of Offences Against the Peace and Security of Mankind by Mr. J. Spiropoulos, Special Rapporteur |
| A/CN.4/45 + Corr.1 + Add.1 + Add.1/Corr.1 + Add.2 | Observations of Governments of Member States relating to the formulation of the Nürnberg principles prepared by the International Law Commission |
| A/CN.4/46 | Second Report on Arbitration Procedure by Mr. Georges Scelle, Special Rapporteur |
| A/CN.4/47 | Elimination of Statelessness — Note prepared by the Secretariat |
| A/CN.4/48 + Corr.1–2 | Report of the International Law Commission on its Third Session, 16 May to 27 July 1951, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No.9 (A/1858) |
| A/CN.4/49 | Draft Articles on the Continental Shelf and Related Subjects Prepared by the International Law Commission |
Limited Documents
| Symbol | Title |
|---|---|
| A/CN.4/L.3 | Agenda of the 82nd meeting of the Commission |
| A/CN.4/L.4 | Second report on the Law of Treaties — Redraft of articles suggested by the Special Rapporteur in the light of the discussions and decisions of the Commission (see footnotes in summary record of 88th meeting) — reproduced in footnotes to A/CN.4/SR.88 |
| A/CN.4/L.5 | Second report on the Law of Treaties — Text of articles tentatively adopted by the Commission at its 88th meeting, 24 May 1951 (on the basis of the redraft of articles suggested by the Special Rapporteur, A/CN.4/L.4) — incorporated in footnote 15 of A/CN.4/SR.88 |
| A/CN.4/L.6 | Mémorandum présenté par M. Gilberto Amado |
| A/CN.4/L.7 | Projet présenté par M. J. Yepes |
| A/CN.4/L.8 | Memorandum submitted by Mr. Ricardo J. Alfaro |
| A/CN.4/L.9 | Memorandum présenté par M. Gilberto Amado |
| A/CN.4/L.10 | Proposal by Mr. Roberto Córdova |
| A/CN.4/L.11 | Proposal by Mr. Shuhsi Hsu |
| A/CN4/L.12 | Proposition de M. J. M. Yepes |
| A/CN.4/L.13 | Definition of aggresson — Text tentatively adopted by the Commission at its 95th meeting, 4 June 1951 — incorporated in footnote 1 of A/CN.4/SR.96 |
| A/CN.4/L.14 | Mémorandum présenté par M. Georges Scelle |
| A/CN.4/L.15 | Draft code of offences against the peace and security of mankind — Draft text to be submitted to governments |
| A/CN.4/L.16 | Law of treaties — Draft article prepared by Dr. Yuen-li Liang at the request of Mr. J. L. Brierly, Special Rapporteur — incorporated in footnote 3 to A/CN.4/SR.99 |
| A/CN.4/L.17 | Law of treaties — Draft convention on the Law of treaties contained in the first report of the Special Rapporteur (A/CN.4/23) — incorporated in footnote 11 of A/CN.4/SR.98 |
| A/CN.4/L.18 | Reservations to Multilateral Conventions — Annex to draft of report to the General Assembly, prepared by Mr. J. L. Brierly, Special Rapporteur |
| A/CN.4/L.19 | Mémorandum présenté par M. Georges Scelle |
| A/CN.4/L.20 | Draft report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Question of the definition of aggression |
| A/CN.4/L.21 | Review by the Commission of its Statute — Draft report to the General Assembly proposed by the Sub-Committee |
| A/CN.4/L.22 | Draft report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Chapter II: Reservations to multilateral conventions |
| A/CN.4/L.23 | Draft report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Chapter V: Review by the Commission of its Statute |
| A/CN.4/L.24 | Draft report of the International Law Commision covering its third session — Chapter I: Introduction |
| A/CN.4/L.25 | Draft report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Chapter III: Question of defining aggression |
| A/CN.4/L.26 | Draft report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Chapter IV: Draft code of offences against the peace and security of mankind |
| A/CN.4/L.27/Add.1 | Draft report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Chapter VII: Régime of the high seas — Addendum |
| A/CN.4/L.28 | Text of articles tentatively adopted by the Commission at its third session |
| A/CN.4/L.29 | Drat report of the International Law Commmission covering its third session — Chapter VI: Law of treaties |
| A/CN.4/L.30 | Draft report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Chapter VIII: Other decisions of the Commission |
| A/CN.4/L.31 + Add.1 | Report of the International Law Commission covering its third session — Chapters I, II, III, IV |
Summary Records
| Symbol | Title |
|---|---|
| A/CN.4/SR.100 | Summary record of the 100th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.101 | Summary record of the 101st meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.102 | Summary record of the 102nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.103 | Summary record of the 103rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.104 | Summary record of the 104th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.105 | Summary record of the 105th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.106 | Summary record of the 106th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.107 | Summary record of the 107th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.108 | Summary record of the 108th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.109 | Summary record of the 109th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.110 | Summary record of the 110th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.111 | Summary record of the 111th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.112 | Summary record of the 112th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.113 | Summary record of the 113th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.114 | Summary record of the 114th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.115 | Summary record of the 115th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.116 | Summary record of the 116th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.117 | Summary record of the 117th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.118 | Summary record of the 118th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.119 | Summary record of the 119th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.120 | Summary record of the 120th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.121 | Summary record of the 121st meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.122 | Summary record of the 122nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.123 | Summary record of the 123rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.124 | Summary record of the 124th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.125 | Summary record of the 125th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.126 | Summary record of the 126th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.127 | Summary record of the 127th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.128 | Summary record of the 128th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.129 | Summary record of the 129th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.130 | Summary record of the 130th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.131 | Summary record of the 131st meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.132 | Summary record of the 132nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.133 | Summary record of the 133rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.134 | Summary record of the 134th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.82 | Summary record of the 82nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.83 | Summary record of the 83rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.84 | Summary record of the 84th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.85 | Summary record of the 85th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.86 | Summary record of the 86th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.87 | Summary record of the 87th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.88 | Summary record of the 88th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.89 | Summary record of the 89th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.90 | Summary record of the 90th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.91 | Summary record of the 91st meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.92 | Summary record of the 92nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.93 | Summary record of the 93rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.94 | Summary record of the 94th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.95 | Summary record of the 95th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.96 | Summary record of the 96th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.97 | Summary record of the 97th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.98 | Summary record of the 98th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.99 | Summary record of the 99th meeting |
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