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October 26, 2015
Forty-ninth Session (1997)
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.4/478 | Second report on Reservations to treaties, by Mr. Alain Pellet, Special Rapporteur — Annex I: Bibliography (Revised version issued at the 51st session) |
| A/CN.4/479 + Add.1 + Add.1/Corr.1 | Topical summary, prepared by the Secretariat, of the discussion in the Sixth Committee on the report of the Commission during the fifty-first session of the General Assembly |
| A/CN.4/480 + Corr.1 + Add.1 + Add.1/Corr.1 + Add.1/Corr.2 | Third report on nationality in relation to the succession of States, by Mr. Vaclav Mikulka, Special Rapporteur |
| A/CN.4/481 + Add.1 | International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law: Comments and observations received from Governments |
| A/CN.4/482 | Provisional agenda |
Limited Documents
| Symbol | Title |
|---|---|
| A/CN.4/L.535 + Corr.1 + Add.1 | Nationality in relation to the succession of States. Titles and texts of draft articles adopted by the Drafting Committee: articles 1 to 18 (Part I), articles 19 to 26 (Part II), text of preamble and revised title of Part I — reproduced in document A/CN.4/SR.2495, para.4 and SR.2504, para.28 |
| A/CN.4/L.536 | Report of the Working Group on international liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law |
| A/CN.4/L.537 | Report of the Working Group on diplomatic protection |
| A/CN.4/L.538 | Report of the Working Group on State responsibility |
| A/CN.4/L.539 + Add.1–7 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter IV (Nationality in relation to the succession of States) |
| A/CN.4/L.540 | Reservations to treaties. Texts of a draft resolution and draft conclusions adopted by the Drafting Committee on first reading |
| A/CN.4/L.541 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter VI (State responsibility) |
| A/CN.4/L.542 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter VII (International liability for injurious consequences arising out of acts not prohibited by international law) |
| A/CN.4/L.543 | Report of the Working Group on unilateral acts of States |
| A/CN.4/L.544 + Add.1–2 + Add.2/Corr.1 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter V (Reservations to treaties) |
| A/CN.4/L.545 + Corr.1 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter I (Organization of the session) |
| A/CN.4/L.546 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter II (Summary of the work of the Commission at its forty-ninth session) |
| A/CN.4/L.547 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter III (Specific issues on which comments would be of particular interest to the Commission) |
| A/CN.4/L.548 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter VIII (Diplomatic protection) |
| A/CN.4/L.549 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter IX (Unilateral acts of States) |
| A/CN.4/L.550 | Draft report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session: chapter X (Other decisions and conclusions of the Commission) |
| A/CN.4/L.551 | Report of the Planning Group: Programme, procedures and working methods of the Commission, and its documentation |
Summary Records
| Symbol | Title |
|---|---|
| A/CN.4/SR.2474 | Summary record of the 2474th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2475 | Summary record of the 2475th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2476 | Summary record of the 2476th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2477 | Summary record of the 2477th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2478 | Summary record of the 2478th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2479 | Summary record of the 2479th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2480 | Summary record of the 2480th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2481 | Summary record of the 2481st meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2482 | Summary record of the 2482nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2483 | Summary record of the 2483rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2484 | Summary record of the 2484th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2485 | Summary record of the 2485th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2486 | Summary record of the 2486th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2487 | Summary record of the 2487th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2488 | Summary record of the 2488th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2489 | Summary record of the 2489th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2490 | Summary record of the 2490th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2491 | Summary record of the 2491st meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2492 | Summary record of the 2492nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2493 | Summary record of the 2493rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2494 | Summary record of the 2494th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2495 | Summary record of the 2495th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2496 | Summary record of the 2496th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2497 | Summary record of the 2497th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2498 | Summary record of the 2498th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2499 | Summary record of the 2499th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2500 | Summary record of the 2500th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2501 | Summary record of the 2501st meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2502 | Summary record of the 2502nd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2503 | Summary record of the 2503rd meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2504 | Summary record of the 2504th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2505 | Summary record of the 2505th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2506 | Summary record of the 2506th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2507 | Summary record of the 2507th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2508 | Summary record of the 2508th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2509 | Summary record of the 2509th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2510 | Summary record of the 2510th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2511 | Summary record of the 2511th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2512 | Summary record of the 2512th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2513 | Summary record of the 2513th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2514 | Summary record of the 2514th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2515 | Summary record of the 2515th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2516 | Summary record of the 2516th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2517 | Summary record of the 2517th meeting |
| A/CN.4/SR.2518 | Summary record of the 2518th meeting |
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