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EEC proposal and that part of the G-77 proposal pertaining to 

 international organizations were debated most thoroughly but 

 without reaching consensus. To make participation by such 

 orgnizations more restrictive, the USSR offered three propos- 

 als: making participation by all members of the organization 

 a mandatory prerequisite for participation by the organiza- 

 tion; requiring accession by an international organization 

 only through an instrument filed with the depositary listing 

 all powers delegated to it by member States in areas regulated 

 by the Convention and immediate notice of subsequent changes 

 thereto; and making the organization and its member States 

 jointly and severally responsible with respect to obligations 

 arising under the Convention. The Soviets apparently did not 

 realize that their proposal might give each member of an 

 organization the power to prevent ratification by all members. 

 Although there was no consensus on most of the questions, 

 there was agreement that there must be evidence of a transfer 

 of competence to the organization, the fundamental criterion 

 qualifying the organization to participate at all. The other 

 criterion of treaty-making capacity would depend upon the 

 nature and extent of the powers transferred to the organiza- 

 tion by member States with respect to third States. 



The G-77 spokesman reiterated that all elements of the 

 question of participation form a package requiring a compre- 

 hensive solution. 



Finally, it was agreed to defer consideration of the 

 question of the so-called transitional provision that appears 

 after the text of the Convention pending further consultations 

 with the most interested delegations. . 



After some informal consultations, it quickly became 

 obvious that no negotiations could be conducted at this session 

 on the first two topics. There was some interest in starting 

 the formidable task of coordinating the texts in Part XV, 

 first through the language groups and then through the Drafting 

 Committee. It did not prove possible, however, to allocate 

 the necessary time for that purpose at this session. In 

 consequence, priority will be given to the subject at the pre- 

 sessional meeting of the Drafting Committee. Some meetings 

 of the informal plenary on this subject will also be required. 



Drafting Committee 



At its seven-week intersessional meeting prior to the 

 commencement of the tenth session, the Drafting Committee 

 recommended over 1,000 changes to the Second and Third 

 Committee Texts. A report on that intersessional meeting is 

 attached. During the session, these recommendations were 

 considered in informal plenary. The meetings were informal 



