- Account of the preparatory work undertaken by the Special Rapporteur on the topic and outline of the possible contents of a report to be presented.
- Working paper by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (20th session of the ILC (1968))
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- History of the most-favoured nation clause up to the Second World War.
- First Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (21st session of the ILC (1969))
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- Analytical survey of the views expressed in some cases dealt with by the International Court of Justice pertaining to the clause; information supplied by the international organizations.
- Second Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (22nd session of the ILC (1970))
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- Five draft articles with commentaries, on the use of terms, the definitions of most-favoured-nation clause and most-favoured-nation treatment, the legal basis of most-favoured-nation treatment, and the source of the right of the beneficiary State.
- Third Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (24th session of the ILC (1972))
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- Three draft articles on presumption of unconditional character of the clause, the ejusdem generis rule and the acquired right of the beneficiary State.
- Fourth Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (25th session of the ILC (1973))
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- The effect of an unconditional most-favoured-nation clause and of a most-favoured-nation clause conditional on material reciprocity; the observance of the laws and regulations of the granting State; the scope of the clause regarding persons and things; the national treatment clause; national treatment and national treatment in federal States; the effect of an unconditional national treatment clause and of a national treatment clause conditional on material reciprocity; the right of the beneficiary State under a most-favoured-nation clause to national treatment; the cumulation of national treatment and most-favoured-nation treatment; and the commencement and the termination or suspension of the functioning of a most-favoured-nation clause. Thirteen draft articles (arts. 6 bis, ter and quater; 7 bis; 9–10; 10 bis; and 11–16).
- Fifth Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (26th session of the ILC (1974))
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- Additional comments on past draft articles; discussion of the case of customs unions and similar associations of States and of different levels of States' economic development.
- Sixth Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (27th session of the ILC (1975))
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- Proposals concerning certain articles previously adopted and five additional draft articles with commentaries, dealing with the relationship of the cases of State succession, State responsibility and outbreak of hostilities; the non-retroactivity of the draft articles; the freedom of the parties to draft the clause and restrict its operation; and most-favoured-nation clauses in relation to treatment extended to land-locked States. It also contained a chapter entitled "Provisions in favour of developing States" and one entitled "Settlement of Disputes".
- Seventh Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Endre Ustor (28th session of the ILC (1976))
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- Four sections: Section I — Introduction, Section II — Comments on the draft articles as a whole, Section III — Comments on individual provisions of the draft articles, Section IV — The problem of the procedure for the settlement of disputes relating to the interpretation and application of a Convention based on the draft articles.
- Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Nikolai Ushakov (30th session of the ILC (1978))
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- 25th session of the International Law Commission (1973)
- Texts adopted by the Drafting Committee: arts.1–7
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- 27th session of the International Law Commission (1975)
- Texts adopted by the Drafting Committee: arts. 6 [8], 6 bis [9], 6 ter [10], 7 [11], 7 bis [12], 6 ter/bis [13], 8 [14], 8 bis [15], 13 [16], 14 [17], 15 [18], 16 [19], 6 quater [20], and 0 [21]
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- 28th session of the International Law Commission (1976)
- Entire set of draft articles resulting from decisions taken by the Drafting Committee at the 28th session
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- A/CN.4/L.244 (mimeograph)
- ILC Report, A/31/10, 1976, chap. II(A)(1), para. 33
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- 30th session of the International Law Commission (1978)
- Texts adopted by the Drafting Committee: title of the draft and articles 1–29
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- 27th session of the International Law Commission (1975)
- Additional article submitted by the Special Rapporteur
- New article proposed by Mr. Reuter
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- A/CN.4/L.228 and Rev.1 (in Yearbook, 1975, vol. I, 1341st and 1342nd meetings (1 and 2 July 1975))
- ILC Report, A/10010/Rev.1 (A/30/10), 1975, chap. IV(A)(1), para. 97
- A/CN.4/L.229 and Corr.1 (in Yearbook, 1975, vol. I, 1342nd meeting (2 July 1975))
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- 28th session of the International Law Commission (1976)
- Alternative drafts for a Customs union and free-trade area exception suggestion by Mr. Hambro
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- 30th session of the International Law Commission (1978)
- Article A proposed by Mr. Reuter
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- Article 21 ter proposed by Mr. Reuter
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- Article 21 bis proposed by Mr. Njenga
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- Article 23 bis proposed by Sir Francis Vallat
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- Statement made by the representative of the UNCTAD secretariat at the 1497th meeting, at the request of the Commission
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- Article 28 proposed by Mr. Tsuruoka
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- Text of article 23 bis [renumbered article 24] adopted by the Commission at its 1520th meeting
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its nineteenth session, 8 May to 14 July 1967
- Decided to take up the topic. Appointed Mr. Endre Ustor as Special Rapporteur.
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twentieth session, 27 May to 2 August 1968
- Discussed the scope of the topic. The Commission instructed the Special Rapporteur not to confine his studies to the domain of international trade but to explore the major fields of application of the clause. The Commission considered that it should clarify the scope and effect of the clause as a legal institution in the context of all aspects of its practical application.
- Discussion in plenary: 975th and 976th meetings (15 and 16 July 1968); 979th meeting (22 July 1968)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-first session, 2 June to 8 August 1969
- Considered the first report of the Special Rapporteur. The Commission instructed the Special Rapporteur to prepare next a study having regard, inter alia, to three cases dealt with by the International Court of Justice relevant to the clause.
- Discussion in Plenary: 1036th meeting (5 August 1969)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-second session, 4 May to 10 July 1970
- The Special Rapporteur submitted his second report. Despite resolutions 2501 (XXIV) and 2634 (XXV) of the General Assembly encouraging the Commission to continue its study, the Commission found itself obliged to postpone the consideration of the topic owing to lack of time.
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-third session, 26 April to 30 June 1971
- On the suggestion of the Special Rapporteur the Commission requested the Secretariat to prepare on the basis of collections of law reports available to it and of the information to be requested from governments a "Digest of decisions of national courts relating to the most-favoured-nation clauses".
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-fourth session, 2 May to 7 July 1972
- The Special Rapporteur submitted a third report containing five articles, with commentaries, on the use of terms, the definitions of most-favoured-nation clause and most-favoured-nation treatment, the legal basis of most-favoured-nation treatment, and the source of the right of the beneficiary State. The Commission was unable, again for lack of time, to consider the report during the session. At the suggestion of the Special Rapporteur, the Commission requested the Secretariat to prepare a study on the most-favoured-nation clauses included in the treaties published in the United Nations Treaty Series.
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-fifth session, 7 May to 13 July 1973
- The Special Rapporteur presented his fourth report containing three more draft articles, with commentaries, dealing with the presumption of unconditional character of the clause, the ejusdem generis rule and the acquired rights of the beneficiary State. It considered the Special Rapporteur's third report and adopted draft articles 1–7 together with commentaries on first reading.
- Discussion in Plenary: 1214th, 1215th, 1216th, 1217th and 1218th meetings (25 May to 1 June 1973), and 1238th meeting (2 July 1973)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-sixth session, 6 May to 26 July 1974
- The Special Rapporteur presented his fifth report. The Commission was unable to consider the topic owing to a lack of time.
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-seventh session, 5 May to 25 July 1975
- The Commission considered the fourth, fifth and sixth reports of the Special Rapporteur, and adopted draft articles 8–21 with commentaries on first reading.
- Discussion in Plenary: 1330th, 1331st, 1332nd, 1333rd, 1334th, 1335th, 1336th, 1337th, 1338th, 1339th, 1340th, 1341st, 1342nd, 1343rd, and 1344th, meetings (16 June to 4 July 1975), and 1352nd, and 1353rd meetings (17 and 21 July 1975)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-eighth session, 3 May to 23 July 1976
- The Commission had before it the seventh report of the Special Rapporteur. The Commission adopted on first reading draft articles 21 to 27 as well as article 2(e) with commentaries. It decided to transmit the provisional draft articles, through the Secretary-General, to Governments of Member States for their observations.
- Discussion in Plenary: 1377th, 1378th, 1379th, 1380th, 1381st, 1382nd, 1383rd, 1384th, 1385th, 1386th, 1387th, 1388th and 1389th meetings (26 May to 14 June 1976), and 1404th meeting (8 July 1976)
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its twenty-ninth session, 9 May to 29 July 1977
- The Commission appointed Mr. Nikolai A. Ushakov as Special Rapporteur. He was required to present to the Commission at its next session a report on the topic taking into account the comments received from both Member States and United Nations organs and interested intergovernmental organizations.
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- Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirtieth session, 8 May to 28 July 1978
- The Commission adopted the final text of a thirty-article draft with commentaries and recommended that the General Assembly recommend it to Member States with a view to the conclusion of a convention.
- Discussion in Plenary: 1483rd, 1484th, 1485th, 1486th, 1487th, 1488th, 1489th, 1490th, 1491st, 1492nd, 1493rd, 1494th, 1495th, 1496th, 1497th, 1498th, 1499th and 1500th meetings (22 May to 14 June 1978), 1505th and 1506th meetings (21 and 22 June 1978), and 1520th, 1521st, 1522nd and 1523rd meetings (18 to 21 July 1978)
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