The Sixth Committee this afternoon continued debate on issues related to the nature of unilateral acts of States and a prevention regime for transboundary damage and reservations to treaties, as it considered efforts by the International Law Commission to elaborate rules on those topics.
The Sixth Committee this afternoon took up the remaining chapters of the report of the International Law Commission - those dealing with unilateral acts and prevention of transboundary damage.
The question of whether reservations should be permitted to human rights instruments was raised by several speakers this afternoon as the Sixth Committee began discussing the efforts of the International Law Commission to draw up practice guide on reservations to treaties.
The Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning concluded its discussion of the International Law Commissions long-standing efforts to codify an instrument to govern State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts.
The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon began its discussion of the International Law Commissions long-standing efforts to draw up an instrument to govern State responsibility for internationally wrongful acts, in the course of its ongoing examination of the Commissions report on its 1999 session.
The Sixth Committee (Legal) this morning continued its consideration of the International Law Commission's proposals for resolving outstanding questions related to the draft articles on jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, which are annexed to the Commission's annual report.
The Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon concluded its consideration of the jurisdictional immunities of States and their property, in the context of its ongoing examination of the report of the International Law Commission.
CORRECTION
On page eight of Press Release GA/L/3117 issued 22 October, the statement of the representative of Lebanon should read as follows:
Also Hears from World Court Delegation, Receives Draft Resolution on Impact of Sanctions on Neighbouring States
