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2. Select from one of
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- Documents: Search,
either in English or in French, all the documents of the International Law
Commission available on this web site, including the annual Report of the
International Law Commission to the General Assembly;
- ILC Reports/Rapport de la CDI: Provides a more focused search,
in English or French, limited to the annual Report of the International Law
Commission to the General Assembly;
- Texts and commentaries/textes et commentaires: Search, in English
or French, the final texts and commentaries (where available) adopted by the
International Law Commission, on second reading, and transmitted to the General
Assembly of the United Nations. Note that interim texts, such as first reading
texts, are not included, but would be searchable in either of the above two
indexes as they are typically reproduced in the annual report of the Commission
to the General Assembly;
- Summary records/Comptes rendus: Search, in English of French, only
the summary records of the debates in the Commission (as reproduced in volume
I of the Yearbook for each year);
- Anuarios de la CDI: Search the entire collection of the Spanish version
of the ILC Yearbooks; or
- Entire site: Search the entire web site (both English and French
documents), including all of the documents in the above three indexes together
with the web pages (html pages) themselves. Note that there is a possibility
of duplicate results.
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type
The default search type
is set for "the exact phrase" which will search only for the exact
phrase entered. Alternatively select:
- "Any
of the words" or "All of the words" search
Enter a list
of words or phrases to find. Use quotation marks around phrases, put +
in front of any word or phrase that is required, and - in front of a word or
phrase to exclude it. Examples:
banana pear "apple pie"
"apple pie" -salad +"ice cream"
- "Boolean"
search
Use connectors
such as and and or to indicate the relationship between words
or phrases in your search request. Examples:
apple and pear |
Both words must be
present |
apple or pear |
Either word can be
present |
apple w/5 pear |
Apple must
occur within 5 words of pear |
apple not w/5 pear |
Apple must
not occur within 5 words of pear |
apple and not pear |
Only apple must be present |
name contains smith |
The field name must contain smith |
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