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Brussels, 19 March 1985
FOR OFFICIAL U S E  ONLY
RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing the Commission to participate on behalf of the  
Community in the United Nations Conference on the law of  
Treaties between States and international Organizations or  
between International Organizations, and in the consultations  
prior to the Conference
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM (85) 121 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.  The issue
i1. Resolution 39/86 of the UN General Assembly states that "the United  
Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties between States and International  
Organizations or between International Organizations shall be held from
18 February to 21 March 1986 at Vienna".
The Conference will be based on a draft Convention prepared by the  
International Law Commission; in Resolution 39/86 the General Assembly  
"refer/red/ to the Conference, as the basic proposal for its consideration,  
the draft articles on the law of treaties between States and international  
organizations or between international organizations adopted by the  
International Law Commission at its thirty-fourth session" in 1982.
Among those invited to participate in the Conference, in addition to  
states, are: "representatives of international intergovernmental
organizations that have traditionally been invited to participate as  
observers at legal codification conferences convened under the auspices  
of the United Nations".
The European Economic Community is such an organization, and has duly  
been sent an invitation to participate, in the form of a letter from  
the UN Secretary-General dated 5 February 1985.
2. Resolution 39/86 appealed to participants in the Conference "to  
organize consultations primarily on the organization and methods of work  
of the Conference, including rules of procedure, and on major issues of
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substance including final clauses and settlement of disputes, prior to  
the convening of the Conférence in order to facilitate a successful  
conclusion of its work through the promotion of general agreement".
The consultations are also to address the status of the international  
organizations invited to participate in the Conférence. The decision  
will be taken by the General Assembly at its next session, this  
autumn.
3. The consultations called for by Resolution 39/86 started with an  
organizational session on 28 February. A first round of consultations  
will take place from 18 March to 10 May, followed by further work and  
then a second two-week round of detailed consultations on ail issues in  
July. Subjects discussed during the consultations will include the  
organization of the Conférence, methods of work, participation, final  
clauses (including the right to become a contracting party) and  
dispute settlement.
As is clear from a working paper dated 20 February, prepared by the legal  
advisers of the Ten and the Commission in New York (Annex II), the most  
urgent question is to détermine the rightsto be enjoyed by international  
organizations invited to participate in the Conférence under  
Resolution 39/86.
In the light of the foregoing, it is essential to approve the Community's  
participation in the consultations and the Conférence and décidé on the  
position to be adopted by the Community and its Member States.

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4. In accordance with the legal advisers' suggestion, this recommendation  
concentrâtes on the issue of the status of international organizations  
invited to participate in the Conférence under Resolution 39/86.
The Commission wilt be submitting a separate recommendation later on the  
draft articles prepared by the International Law Commission, with particular  
reference to the final clauses and dispute settlement.
II.  Position to date
5. the Community and its Member States hâve taken part in ail the  
preparatory work, and hâve sent the UN Secretary-General their comments on  
the ILC's draft articles. Both the Community and the Member States hâve  
also made various statements to the General Assembly's Sixth Committee.
In its comments, which date from 1983, the Community made the following  
points regarding the participation of international organizations in the  
Conférence:
"Theoretical ly, several solutions are conceivable, ranging from a mere  
observer's status for international organizations to a rôle of full  
participation on a par with States. An intermediate solution could  
consist in the admittance of international organizations to an active  
participation in the negotiation procedure. This would correspond to  
the rôle that international organizations hâve been able to play in the  
élaboration of the présent draft articles".

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As the Legal advisers point out, however, it has proved impossible to  
agréé on the précisé scope of the term "active participation". In 1983  
and 1984 Member States called for participation by international  
organizations "on an appropriate basis, which would permit them to  
contribute effectively to the codification work of the Conférence".
With consultations imminent in New York, it is thus important to work  
out the Community's position in detail.
III.  Some points of principle
6. First a brief recap of some general considérations regarding the scope  
of the planned Convention as it affects international organizations.
7. The aim of the Convention is to codify the law of treaties concluded
by international organizations either with States or with other international  
organizations. It will therefore hâve to be binding on international  
organizations.
Subject to rules of customary law, the provisions of the Convention would  
normally only be binding on international organizations with their consent.
It is therefore essential to allow those organizations to become contracting  
parties to the Convention.
This applies to the Community in particular. Clearly, it cannot bind
itself international ly except by its own act, in accordance with the procedure
described in Article 228(1) of the EEC Treaty.

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8. From the Community's point of view there is another considération.
The negotiation of a Convention codifying and developing international  
law on treaties to which international organizations are parties is  
bound to affect the external exercise of such organizations'  powers  
even before it cornes into force and is (presumably) concluded by
the Community. The new Convention will undoubtedly serve as a basis
for ail subséquent analysis of the law of treaties, since this is
an area of international law which has hitherto been neither firm
nor précisé; failing a spécifie text governing international organizations,
the Community has always had to refer to the 23 May 1969
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (between States). This
will no longer be the case once the new Convention has been negotiated.
Accordingly, the negotiation of the Convention will affect the  
Community's treaty-making powers. The basic principles of the  
Community legal System dictate that the Community should be involved  
in the negotiations whether it eventually décidés to ratify the  
Convention or not.
9. By the same token, the Community as such must participate
in the consultations in New York, which will in any case be dealing
with substantive issues as well as procédural questions. Resolution 39/86
expressly calls for the consultations to tackle "major issues
of substance including final clauses and settlement of disputes ...
in order to facilitate a successful conclusion of /the Conférence1  s/
work through the promotion of a general agreement" (see para. 1).
(Note also the timetable and agenda drawn up in New York for  
consultations over the coming months; see para. 3.).

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10. Résolution 39/86 calls on "the participants" to take part in  
the consultations. If international organizations are invited to  
participate in the Conférence, they should participate in the consultations  
as well.
The meeting dealing with organization of the consultation process  
looked for inspiration to the informai consultations which took place  
in 1984, and foresaw separate consultations for States and international  
organizations. The topics being dealt with in the présent consultations,  
however, concern both States and international organizations, as do  
those to be discussed by the Conférence, so it is in the Community's  
own interest to see that it is genuinely involved in the consultations  
as well. In this way both the Community and its Member States will  
be in a position to State their views.
IV.  Participation in the Conférence
11. During the consultations it will be necessary to décidé in what  
capacity the international organizations invited to the Conférence will  
participate, given that, as explained in paragraph 8, international  
organizations would hâve to conclude the Convention for it to be binding  
on them. For the Community there is the additional considération of the  
effect even of an unratified accord (see para. 8).
For international organizations1  participation in the Convention to  
be effective, their status (setting aside voting rights, which the  
Community and the Ten are not claiming) should be the same as that of  
States.

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12. The legal advisers also raise the question of what position  
should be taken on the sponsorship rule, whereby proposais and amendments  
from an international organization hâve to be "sponsored" by one or  
more of the States participating in the Conférence.
The Community should oppose the attempt to apply the sponsorship
rules, which involves a measure of subordination incompatible with
the full exercise of its legal powers. It is no surprise that the
sponsorship rule was proposed by a (non-member) country which is
hostile on principle to any act constituting an expression of an
international organization's autonomy, and has had subordination clauses
incorporated in other 'international accords Ce.g. the ozone layer convention).
13. If it proves impossible to secure treatment equal to that of  
States, there must be a positive List enumerating the Community's  
rights in the negotiations for the Convention.
In that event it would certainly be better from the tactical standpoint  
to hâve the rights of international organizations defined without reference  
to observer status, which is what the country calling for application of  
the sponsorship rule has proposed for those organizations.
At the very least, international organizations should be accorded the  
right independent ly:
(i) to submit proposais and put forward amendments;
(ii) to make statements;
(iii) to participate in the decision-making process in connection  
with the negotiation and approval of texts.

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V. Final clauses and settlement of disputes
14. The New York consultations will be dealing primarily with the status  
of the international organizations invited to the Conférence, but will  
also address other questions mentioned in Resolution 39/86, viz. "major  
issues of substance including final clauses and settlement of disputes".
As pointed outm para. 5, the Community and its Member States hâve  
already been involved in most of the preparatory work done on these issues  
by the International Law Committee and the Sixth Committee. These points,  
therefore, and in particular the ILC's draft articles, can therefore  
be referred to the Council by the Commission for discussion at a later stage.
VI.  Conclusion
15. Initially, therefore, the Commission recommends that the Council  
décidé that:
(i) The European Community should participate in the United Nations
Conférence on the Law of Treaties between States and International  
Organizations or between International Organizations.
(ii) The European Community should participate in the consultations  
to be held prior to and in préparation for the said Conférence.
(iii) At the said consultations the Member States and the Community should  
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to the Conférence:
either hâve the same rights (except voting rights) as States
or, failing that, hâve the right independentLy to:
submit proposais and put forward amendments,
- make statements,
take part in the decision-making process in connection with  
the negotiation and approval of texts.

Recommendation for a Council Decision authorizing the Commission to participate  
on behalf of the Community in the United Nations Conférence on the Law  
of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between  
International Organizations, and in the consultations prior to the Conférence
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaties establishing the European Communities,
Having regard to the recommendation from the Commission,
Whereas the Community has been invited to participate in the
United Nations Conférence on the Law of Treaties between States
and International Organizations or between International Organizations;
Whereas consultations are taking place in the United Nations in  
préparation for the said Conférence,
Whereas the procédural and substantive issues to be discussed at  
both the consultations and the Conférence will directly affect the  
European Communities' exercise of their international powers, and hâve  
a bearing on the whole range of their external compétence;
Whereas the Communities should therefore participate in the consultations  
and the Conférence, with a status commensurate with their responsibilities  
in the field of international relations and their rôle in the  
development of international law,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole article
1. The Commission shall participate in the United Nations Conférence  
on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations  
or between International Organizations and in the consultations  
provided for by Resolution 39/86 of the United Nations General Assembly.
2. The Commission shall represent the views of the Communities in  
consultation with représentatives of the Member States and in accordance  
with the directives at annex, which will be supplemented in due course.

Annex
DIRECTIVES
At the consultations organized by the United Nations in préparation  
for the Conférence of the Law of Treaties between States and International  
Organizations or between International Organizations, the Commission  
shall ensure that for the purposes of that Conférence, the Communities  
enjoy the same rights, other than vcting rights, as States.
Failing that, the Commission shall ensure that the Communities are  
accorded the right independently to submit proposais and amendments,  
make statements and participate in the decision-making process in  
connection with the negotiation and approval of texts.

NATIONS
UNIESA
Assemblée généraleDistr.
GENERALE
A/RES/39/86  
18 janvier 1985
Trente-neuvième session  
Point 131 de l'ordre du jour
RESOLUTION ADOPTEE PAR L'ASSEMBLEE GENERALE '
(sur le rapport de la Sixième Commission (A/39/779 et Corr.Dl
39/86. Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit des traités entre Etats et  
organisations internationales ou entre organisations internationales
L'Assemblée générale,
Rappelant sa résolution 37/112 du 16 décembre 1982, par laquelle elle a décidé  
qu'une convention internationale serait conclue sur la base du projet d'articles  
sur le droit des traités entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre  
organisations internationales que la Commission du droit international a adopte à  
sa trente-quatrième session 1/,
Rappelant également sa résolution 38/139 du 19 décembre 1983, par laquelle  
elle a décidé que le cadre approprié pour l'examen définitif du projet d'articles  
serait une conférence de plénipotentiaires qui devrait être convoquée en 1985 au  
plus tôt, et est convenue de prendre une décision à sa trente-neuvième session au  
sujet de la date et du lieu de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit des  
traités entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre organisations  
internationales ainsi que de la participation à cette conférence,
Ayant reçu le rapport du Secrétaire général 2/ qui contient les commentaires  
et observations communiqués par les Etats et les principales organisations  
intergouvemementales internationales, conformément à la résolution 38/139 de  
l'Assemblée générale,
Reconnaissant qu'il importe d'assurer le succès des travaux de la Conférence  
en facilitant un accord général,
1/ Documents officiels de l'Assemblée générale, trente-septième session,  
Supplément No 10 (A/37/10),  chap. II, sect. D.
85-01475 0394W (F)

A/RES/39/86  
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Ayant à l'esprit la relation entre le droit des traités entre Etats et la  
question qui sera examinée par la Conférence,
Notant avec satisfaction que le Gouvernement autrichien a proposé d'accueillir  
la Conférence à Vienne,
1. Décide que la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit des traites entre  
Etats et organisations internationales ou entre organisations internationales se  
tiendra à Vienne, du 18 février au 21 mars 1986;
2. Prie le Secrétaire général d'inviter i
a) Tous les Etats à participer à la Conférence;
b) La Namibie, représentée par le Conseil des Nations Unies pour la Namibie,  
à participer à la Conférence, conformément au paragraphe 6 de la résolution  
37/233 C de l'Assemblée générale, en date du 20 décembre 1982;
c) Les représentants des organisations qui ont reçu de l'Assemblée générale  
une invitation permanente à participer en tant qu'observateurs aux sessions et aux  
travaux de toutes les conférences internationales convoquées sous ses auspices à  
participer à la Conférence en cette qualité, conformement aux resolutions
3237 (XXIX) et 31/152 de l'Assemblée générale, en date des 22 novembre 1974 et  
20 décembre 197 6;
d) Les représentants des nouvements de libération nationale reconnus par  
l'Organisation de l'unité africaine dans sa région à participer à la Conférence en  
qufliïïte d'observateurs, conformément à la résolution 3280 (XXIX) de l'Assemblée  
générale, en date du 10 décembre 1974;
e) Les représentants des organisations intergouvemementales internationales  
qui ont traditionnellement été invitées à participer en tant qu'observateurs aux  
conférences de codification convoquées sous les auspices de l'Organisation des  
Nations Unies à participer à la Conférence en une qualité qui sera étudiée lors des  
consultations visées au paragraphe 8 ci-dessous et décidée par l'Assemblée générale  
à sa quarantième session;
3. Invite les participants mentionnés au paragraphe 2 ci-dessus a inclure  
autant que~F*sl 7ble parmi leurs représentants des experts compétents dans le  
domaine à étudier;
4. Décide que les langues de la Conférence seront les langues officielles et  
les langues”  de travail de l'Assemblée générale, de ses commissions et de ses  
sous-commissions;
5. Re_nvoie à la Conférence, en tant que proposition de base à examiner, le  
projet*d'articles sur le droit des traités entre Etats et organisations  
internationales ou entre organisations^internationales adopté par la Commission du  
droit international à sa trente-quatrième session;
2/ A/39/491.

A/RE3/39/86
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6.  Prie le Secrétaire général de présenter à la Conférence tous les  
documents et recommandations pertinents concernant le règlement intérieur et les  
méthodes de travail/ compte tenu du fait qu'il importe de faciliter un accord  
général sur le résultat final des travaux de la Conférence, et de faire le  
necessaire pour mettre a la disposition de celle-ci le personnel, les moyens  
matériels et les services voulus, notamment en ce qui concerne l'établissement de  
comptes rendus analytiques»
7. Pr ie également le Secrétaire général de prendre des dispositions pour  
assurer la présence à la Conférence, en qualité d'expert, du Rapporteur spécial de  
la Commission du droit international chargé de la question des traités conclus  
entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre deux ou plusieurs  
organisations internationales;
8.  Appelle les participants à la Conférence à organiser, avant la  
Conférence, des consultations portant principalement sur l'organisation et les  
méthodes de travail de la Conférence, notanment le règlement intérieur, et sur les  
grandes questions de fond, dont les clauses finales et le règlement des différends,  
afin d'assurer le succès des travaux de la Conférence en facilitant un accord  
général »
9. Décide d'inscrire à l'ordre du jour provisoire de sa quarantième session  
une question intitulée "Préparatifs de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur le droit  
des traites entre Etats et organisations internationales ou entre organisations  
internationales".
99ème séance plénière  
13 décembre 19P4

Wat# York, 20 February 1*15
WORKING DOCUMENT
on Traatiaa batwatn Itataa and intarnationaVOrganiiattonaand feaflySan fiTCTnagloiial Qgqanl»iU6ni
preparad by tha Lagal Exports of the Tan and tna
Coirroiaaibn in NaW York
X. Aooording to Reaolutlon 39/16 o£ tha UN General
Aesembly, tha United Nation* Conférence on Treatiea between 
Statea and International Organiaationa and between Interna­
tional Organisation* will be held in Vienna froro the 18th 
rebruary to the 21>t Maroh 1986. The International Law 
Conuniaaion' a 1982 draft abtiolea for a Convention on thi'a' 
topic will be the batia for the work of the Conferenoe.
A aubatantial effort in Européen coordination and 
coopération will be required for the purpoeea of the 1986 
Conférence. It will require the Community and the Ten to 
define their general attitude towarda the development of 
international law repraaented by the iLC'a draft Artielee 
aa a whole# aa well aa to a number of apaoifio iaaueeof 
principle and of procedure which may hâve a direct impact 
on the Community'a ovn treaty-making activitiea.
Becaue* of the ahortnesa of time before the Con­
férence convenea in 1986 and eepecially in view of the 
coneultationa referred to balow, thie proceae of Européen 
coordination and coopération will hâve to begin without 
deley. The preaent peper ia-deaigned a» a contribution 
to it.
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2, While it provide* for discussion of an item entitl­
ed "Preparations" for the Conference at tha 40th session 
of tha Q.A., tha Resolution quoted abova appaala to tha 
"participants" to tha Confaranoa to organise consultations 
"primarily on tha organisation and method of work of tha 
Conference, inoluding rules of procedure, and on major issues 
of substance including final clauses and settlement of di­
sputes ",
Among those "participants" are tha international 
organisations "which have traditionally bean invited to 
participate, as observers at legal codification conferences 
convened under tha auspices of the United Nations1 ’.  They 
include the European Economic Community.
Among the questions to be considered in tha consul­
tations one finds that of determining in what capacity in­
ternational organisations invited to the Conference will 
participate in it* work, This, according to the Resolution, 
is the only point, among the numerous q u estio n s to be dis­
cussed in the consultations, upon which the 40th 0.A.must 
take a decision*
3. It would seem therefore that, in order to formulate 
the standpoint of the Community and of the Ten, one of the 
most urgent tasks concerns, the problem of the capacity in 
which the European Community, together with the other orga­
nizations invited under para. 2 (e) of Res. 39/86, will 
participate in the Conference,
In the comments it formulated in 1982 on the iLC'a 
Draft Articles the Community, se regards participation,

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stated the following!
"Theoretically/ »*v*ral solution! are conceivable, 
ranging from a mare observer's status for interna­
tional organisations to a jrol* of full participa­
tion on a par with States, An intermediate solution 
could consist in the admittance of international or­
ganizations to an active participation in the nego­
tiation procedure. This would correspond to the 
role that international organisations have been 
able to play in the elaboration 6f the present draft 
articles".
it has not proved possible to agree in New York 
on the further interpretation to be given to the phrase 
"aotive participation". In statements made by the Pres­
idency in the Sixth Committee in 1983 and 1984 the problem"  
was addressed in the following tarmei
"The Ten consider that international organizations, .  
including the European Community, should participate 
on an appropriate basis, which would permit them to 
contribute effectively to the codification work of 
the Conference".
Thie formulation resulted after intensive efforts 
undertaksn by the Ten in New York. Nothing more precise 
could be obtained because of the difference* in the posi­
tions held amongst the Member States and the Commission. 
Theca positions range from mere observer status and full 
participation without the right of vote.,  •
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Th* question is further-.oomplicated baoaua* aoai* 
d*v*l©ping oountri** h*v* r*qu*at*d that national'libér­
ation movamentji b* *ccord*d at laaat th* aaro* traatmant a* 
'international organisation*.
During th* conaultationa held in U.N. fora in 1184 
bsfora and during.th* 39th General Aaaambly, th* followlng 
w*ra th* main approachaa «xploredi (1) to add spécifie 
right» of participation to a provision giving th* Interna­
tional Organiiation* th* statu* of obiervsrsf and (2) to 
apell out speoifio right* of participation to b* *njoy*d 
by th* International Organiiation*/ without apacifylng 
th*ir status.
Thus a first problaza to b* add re a a ad may oonaist 
in datarmining vhich of thés* two approachaa 1* prefarabl* 
It may howsvar b* obiarved that if th# apalllng out of th* 
right» of participation to be *njoy*d by Organiiation* i* 
aoourat* and complet*/ th* two approachaa ar* équivalent 
in practice.
However/ it ha» b##n fait by «om# délégation* that 
th* first approach migbt b* las* favourabl* for th* Orga- 
nizationa th&n th* saoond/ bscaut* it oould b* argvsd that 
th* uiual limit*d capecity of oba*rv#r» in codification 
conférence* might funotion aa a raiiduary rul* for citai 
not coverad by th* rula* attributing »pacific compatanc**. 
Converiely/ if through.overiight a particular attribut* 
wa* not for*ae*n/ th*n under th* leoond approach it might 
b* argu*d that international organisation* had no right* 
of participation at ail in th* ar*a in' qu**tion.

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The second ordsr of problema - which# at 
least in principle# for the reason stated before# i> in* 
dependent from the firet - conaeros whioh rights of per- 
tiolpetion ere to be given to International Organisations*
The following rights have been discussed 
during the consultationsi
1) the right to submit proposals and amendments!
and
2) the right to make statements.
During these consultations# at least as 
regards the right to submit proposals and amendments#the 
limitation was proposed that suoh right should be exsrolf-,  
ed through the sponsorship of the proposals and areendmentp 
by a State or States participating in the Conference.
The. questions raised are the followingi
a) should the two rights be recognised to International 
Organizations and# if so# would they be sufficient?
b) what position should be taken in connection with the 
"sponsorship" rule .  proposed. ..and are there 
Variations thsreof*" whioh can be envisaged (for 
Instancei to limit the sponsorship requirement to 
the submission of proposals for voting?)
In addition# other questions connected to 
participation may be expected to be considered during the 
consultations. None of them has baen discussed in New 
York. 7hey include the follovingi
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1) righta of participation on procédural quaatlona (a.g., 
right to aubmit mot ion ■ to adjoum# pointa of ordar#
•te) » .
2) righta of participation in informai maatinça (auoh aa 
•verking" and "draftingV groupa)»
3) righta of participation '  in procaduraa laading to oon** 
•anaua daoiaiona*
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4. Xn addition to tha problam of participation#
savaral quaatlona of prlncipla ara likaly to ariae in tha 
couraa of tha oonaultationa undar tha rubrioNFinal' elauaaa 
and Settlamant of Diaputaa* mantionad abova. Borna of thaaa 
quaatlona hava not praviously, or at laaat not racantly,
.baan addraisad in Cownunity oonaultation. Thaaa quaationc 
of prinoipla includa tha followingi
1) how ahould organiaationa bacoma bound by tha Convantlon?
2) ahould participation in tha Convantlon by organiaationa 
ba relavant (and vithin vhat limita) for tha antry into
.  força of tha Convantion?
3) vhat righta ahould ba Xntarnational Organiaationa hava
ta ragarda reaervationa to tha Convantion?
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4) what righta ahould organiaationa hava aa ragarda arr.and- 
iranta?-
5) vhat ragima for tha lattlemant of diaputaa would ba 
acceptable to tha Community? and how would thla relata
to tha poaitlona of tha marrbar Stataf# notably aa ragarda 
diaputaa involving lui poqana?

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Xn effort of refleotlon with a view to determining 
position* Mtmi to ba still needed on tha a a pointa by delefa» 
tions* inoluding tbose o£ tha Tan. xt muet howavar b« XepV, 
in mind that tha idaa of oonaidaring at least sono ©f thasa 
questions in a "package* with tha quaation mantionad above 
o£ tha capaoity in vhieh Organisations will partioipata in 
tha Confaranca ha s baan evoked more than onca during consul­
tations An-1984.
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*• Furthentort, amongst tha issuas of substanoa whioh
ara likely to ba of prinoipla ooncarn to tha Community and 
tha Tan and soma or ail of which might ba raisad In tha con­
sultations undar tha rubrio "Major Xssuaa of Substance"* .  
ara tha foilowing»
1. tha treaty-making powars of international organisations 
and tha modalities for thair exercise.
3. tha ragima of réservations.—
3. tha validity and affect of treaty obligations under- 
takan by International Organisations, Inoluding tha 
pxoblem of Article 31 bis.
.4. tha provisions ralating to ius cogoni 
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Xt may ba raoallad that tha Community has already 
commentais on a numbar of tha'draft articles dealing with 
issues of substance but thosa codants will r.aed to ba look- 
ad at again bofore tha Confaranca takaa plaça. Spaoial im­
portance has draft Artiola 36 bis "Obligations and rights '  
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froa k traaty to whloh tt la a .  party", Under thi* article, 
which va a promptsd by th* apaolflo nature of tha IEC Traaty,
*  Mambar States ara bound by traatiaa entered into by an orga­
nisation, if tha oonstltuant*"Instrument ef tha organi­
sation ao providea.
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6. Résolution 39/88 appaala to participants to tha
Confaranca to organisa consultations on tha organisation 
and method of vork of tha Confaranca and on major issues of 
substance. Since tha Community, togather with othar orga­
nisations, will ba ona of tha participants, tha qusstion 
arists of how Community views ara to ba conveyad during tha 
consultation phasa. Tha ganaral supposition at tha Unitad 
Nations is that tha consultations to ba hsld this year will, 
lik* thosa in 1984, ba prinoipally betwean stataa. In 1984 
tha UN Legal Counsel, who conductad tha consultations, hsld 
saparata meetings with tha UN organisations, and lt is prob­
able that a similar meeting will ba hold this year. It would 
ba posslblla therefore, if Community participation in tha 
intar-stata consultation* would not ba possible bafora tha 
40th Sataion, for tha Community to oonvey its vlawa eeparata- 
ly to tha Legal Counsel or to tha Ambasaador of Iraq if ha 
conducta tha consultations suoh a procedure would of ooursa 
nacaaaltata cloea co-ordination betwesn tha viaws axpressad 
on behalf of tha Community and thosa expreaaed by-Hsmbar 
Stataa in tha consultations.'