text:  ~e~.~_intem.at.isaEb~.da-l.t~t.~, in i&~uue gb6rixl.o rlom-g&&, 1974, p. 936. - 182 -stress the “public” nature acquired by moral damage when it affected more immediately the State in its sovereign quality ant! international personality. In the view of the Special Rapportaur, moral damage to the State consisted of (a) the infringement of the State’s right get and (b) the injury to the State’s dignity, honour or prestige. He referred to the former as a “legal” or )I juridical” injury, such injury deriving from m infringement of the offended State’s “subjective right”, regardless of the existence, of any other kind of damage. Both (a) and (b) should be understood as moral damage to the injured State. 327. The Special Rapporteur also explained that despite their distinction, and dospite the fact that their reparation was achieved in principle (and frequently also in practice) by the distinct remedies of pecuniary compensation and satisfaction, the injured State’s material and moral damage, a6 defined, were not infrequently confused in the award of remedies. In particular, the moral damage to the State may be “absorbed”, so to speak, by pecuniary compensation, so that at first sight the specific remedy for the moral damage would seem to be hardly perceptible. However , a more careful examination of international jurisprudence and diplomatic practice revealed ’ that the moral damage to the injured State had been given special reparation which could be classified a6 satisfaction. 328. As regards the distinttion between “matetiial” damage and “non-material” or “morel” damage, most members of the Commission agreed with the Special Rapporteur’s general premise that dam8ge suffered by a State or by individual6 as a result of an internationally wrongful act could broadly be dividea into those two categories. It was agreed that a State, in addition to
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the concept of moral damage to a State as a result of an internationally wrongful act. The language used is formal and legal, suggesting that the text is related to international law or diplomacy. The discussion of pecuniary compensation and satisfaction as remedies for moral damage also points towards a legal or international relations context. The text does not mention specific sectors or industries, but rather focuses on the abstract concept of moral damage to a State.