A.
Mandate
G.A.
Res. 178 (II) of 21 November 1947 (E,
F,
S,
R,
C)
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| B.
Studies undertaken by the Secretariat and Reports of the Secretary-General |
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1. 1st
session of the International Law Commission (1949)
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|
-
Preparatory Study concerning a draft Declaration on the
Rights and Duties of States
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- U.N.
Doc. A/CN.4/2
and Add.1
(F)
(United Nations publications, Sales No.: 1949.V.4)
- ILC Report, A/925
(A/4/10), 1949, part II, par.45 |
| C.
Reports of the Working Group or Sub-Committee |
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1. 1st
session of the International Law Commission (1949)
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|
-
Draft Declaration on the Rights and Duties of States -
As proposed by the Sub-Committee on the draft Declaration
|
- U.N.
Doc. A/CN.4/W.5
(in Ybk,
1949, 19th
mtg (12 May 1949), ft.2) |
| D.
Reports of the Special Rapporteur |
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| E.
Reports of the Drafting Committee |
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|
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| F.
Comments by Governments |
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None
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| |
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| G.
Other |
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1. 1st
session of the International Law Commission (1949)
|
|
-
Table of equivalents as between the Articles of the Declaration
of the Rights and Duties of Nations Adopted by the American
Institute of International Law and the Draft Declaration
on the Rights and Duties of States proposed by the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Panama
|
- U.N.
Doc. A/CN.4/11
(F) |
-
Draft Declaration on the Rights and Duties of States -
Summary of action taken by the Commission with regard
to the Draft (A/CN.4/2)
|
- U.N.
Doc. A/CN.4/W.2 and Rev.1-4 (mimeograph) |
-
Draft Declaration on the Rights and Duties of States -
Summary of action taken by the Commission after second
reading of the Draft
|
- U.N.
Doc. A/CN.4/W.7 (mimeograph) |
-
Draft Declaration on the Rights and Duties of States -
Summary of action taken by the Commission after third
reading of the Draft
|
-
U.N. Doc.
A/CN.4/W.8 (in Ybk,
1949, 23rd
mtg (19 May 1949), ft.1) |
| H.
Reports of the International Law Commission |
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1. Report
of the International Law Commission on the work of its first
session, 12 April to 19 June 1949
-
On the basis of the draft declaration presented by Panama
and several related documents the Commission prepared
the draft
Declaration on Rights and Duties of States in the
form of fourteen articles with commentaries.
The Commission observed that "the rights and duties set
forth in the draft Declaration are formulated in general
terms, without restriction or exception, as befits a declaration
of basic rights and duties. The articles of the draft
Declaration enunciate general principles of international
law, the extent and the modalities of the application
of which are to be determined by more precise rules."
- Discussion in plenary: 7th,
8th,
9th,
10th,
11th,
12th,
13th,
14th,
15th
and 16th
mtgs (21 April to 5 May 1949), 19th,
20th,
21st,
22nd,
23rd, 24th
and 25th
mtgs (12 to 23 May 1949), and 29th
and 30th
mtgs (27 to 31 May 1949)
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- ILC
Report, A/925
(A/4/10), 1949, part II, paras.44-53
- Ybk,
1949
- Ybk,
1949
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| I.
General Assembly Action |
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Res.
375 (IV) of 6 December 1949 (E,
F,
S,
R,
C)
-
Commended the draft declaration to the continuing attention
of Member States and of jurists of all nations. Resolved
to transmit the draft
Declaration to Member States for consideration, and
requested them to provide comments on whether any further
action should be taken, and, if so, the exact nature of
the document to be aimed at and the future procedure to
be adopted in relation to it.
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| J.
Final Outcome |
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Decided to submit the draft
Declaration to the General Assembly stating that
it was for the Assembly to decide what further course
of action should be taken in relation to the draft Declaration
and, in particular, whether it should be transmitted
to Member Governments for comments.
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- ILC
Report, A/925
(A/4/10), 1949, part II, para.53
- Ybk,
1949 |
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G.A.
Res. 596 (VI) of 7 December 1951 (E,
F,
S,
R,
C)
-
As the number of States which had given their comments
and suggestions was considered too small to form the
basis of any definite decision regarding the draft
Declaration on Rights and Duties of States, the
General Assembly decided to postpone consideration of
the matter "until a sufficient number of States have
transmitted their comments and suggestions, and in any
case to undertake consideration as soon as a majority
of the Member States have transmitted such replies."
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