Page 1 note 1 U.N. General Assembly, 8th Sess., Official Records, Supp. No. 9 (A/2456).

Page 3 note 1 See the report of the International Law Commission covering the work of its fourth session, Official Becords of the General Assembly, Seventh Session, Supplement No. 9, doc. A/2163 [reprinted in this Journal, Supp., Vol. 47 (1953), p. 1], pars. 11–14.

Page 3 note 2 Ibid., par. 24.

Page 3 note 3 The Government of Uruguay transmitted to the Commission the comments of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in Montevideo and of the Uruguayan Institute of International Law. These comments were received too late to be taken into consideration.

Page 3 note * Not printed here.

Page 19 note 4 Mr. Gilberto Amado voted against several articles for reasons expressed in the course of the discussion. Mr. F. I. Kozhevnikov declared that, for reasons he had frequently given in the course of the discussion, he had voted against the final draft on arbitral procedure as a whole, and also against the chapter of the report accompanying the draft, which was in the nature of a commentary, and, in his opinion, in many instances a one-sided commentary. Mr. J. Zourek declared that he had voted against the draft as a whole and against chapter two of the report, which formed a commentary on it, for reasons he had given in the course of the discussion.

Page 26 note 5 See Official Eeeords of the General Assembly, Fifth Session, Supplement No. 12, document A/1316 [reprinted in this Journal, Supp., Vol. 44 (1950), p. 105], Part VI, Chapter III.

Page 27 note 6 See the report of the Commission covering the work of its third session, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No. 9, document A/1858 [reprinted in this Journal, Supp., Vol. 45 (1951), p. 103], Chapter VII and annex.

Page 27 note 7 Ibid.

Page 27 note * Not printed here.

Page 28 note 8 Mr. Kozhevnikov declared that, in voting for the draft articles on the continental shelf, he wished to enter a reservation in respect of Articles 7 and 8, to which he was opposed in principle for the reasons he had stated during the discussion. Mr. Zourek declared that although he had voted for the draft as a whole, he was opposed to Articles 7 and 8, for reasons he had explained during the discussion. Mr. Hsu and Mr. Scelle declared that they had voted against the draft articles on the continental shelf for reasons explained during the discussion.

Page 29 note 9 Mr. Yepes voted against this paragraph of the report for reasons explained in the summary record of the 233rd meeting.

Page 35 note 10 See document A/CN.4/61/Add. 1.

Page 39 note 11 See Official Becords of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No. 9, document A/1858, page 19.

Page 39 note * Not printed here.

Page 43 note * Printed in this Journal, Supp., Vol. 45 (1951), p. 40.

Page 43 note ** Text as ratified and in force printed below, p. 71.

Page 44 note 12 See Official Becords of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No. 9, document A/1858, page 20.

Page 44 note * Not printed here.

Page 45 note 13 See the report of the Commission covering the work of its third session, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No. 10, document A/ 925, [reprinted in the Journal, Vol. 44 (1950), p. 1] paragraph 16 and 20.

Page 46 note 14 See the report of the Commission covering the work of its third session, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixth Session, Supplement No. 9, document A/1858, paragraph 85.

Page 46 note 15 See the report of the Commission covering the work of its fourth session, Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventh Session, Supplement No. 9, document A/2163, paragraphs 29 and 31.

Page 47 note 16 Mr. Kozhevnikov voted against the draft conventions on the elimination and reduction of future statelessness as well as against the chapter of the report accompanying these conventions for the reasons of principle stated repeatedly during the discussion on the conventions. Mr. Zourek declared that he had voted against the two draft conventions and the commentaries on them for reasons which he had had occasion to explain during the discussion and, in particular, at the Commission’s 228th meeting. Mr. Yepes voted against Article 1 of the draft convention on the elimination of future statelessness for reasons stated in the summary records.

Page 61 note 17 See Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice concerning Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United Nations, I.C.J. Eeports, 1949, page 181 [this Journal, Vol. 43 (1949), p. 594].

Page 68 note 18 See Official Kecords of the General Assembly, Seventh Session, Annexes, agenda item 54.