text: (c) Any advantages, favours, rights, irnmunities and privileges granted by a State member to non-member States whether developed or developing, which mustautomatically and unconditionally be extended to the other StaEes members, unlessthey are covered by the machinery laid down in articles 24, 25 and 27 of the Treatyof l,lontevideo; (d) It is also understood that any advantages, favours, rights, immunities and privileges granted by a State member to another State member under theinstruments established in t,he area of economic preferences laid down in .the Treatyof t'tontevideo of 1980 are not to be extended to a non-member StaEe that is thebeneficiary of a nost-favoured-nation clause in a treaty linking it to the Scate member t,hat granted the right in guestion. 15. The foregoing explains the first major reservation to be entered with respectto the set of articles drawn up by the Int,ernational Law Commission.. 16. According to article 17: ' I'The acquisition of rights by the beneficiary StaEe, for itself or forthe benefit of persons or things in a determined relationship wiEh it, under a most-favoured-nation clause is not affected by the mere fact that thetreatment by the granting State of a third State or of persons or things inthe same relationship with the third State has been extended under aninternational agreement, whether bilaE,eral or mult.ilaleral." /...A/40/444 English Page 18 L7. Neither t.his article nor the accompanying reasoning give a clear ansner to theguestion of whether or not treaties relating to econonic integration constitute an exception to comnitnents undertaken under the most-favoured-nation clause. Moreover, it would appear that such treaties would not constitute an exception if they were included in the articles. 18. Nevertheless, there would not appear to have been any case or decision relating to the extension to a non-member State of any advantqges granted by a
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the implications of most-favoured-nation clauses in treaties on economic relations between states. It mentions the extension of advantages, favours, and privileges granted by one state to another, and the potential exceptions to these clauses. The text does not mention any specific areas like natural resources, health, or education, but rather focuses on the broader concept of economic preferences and international agreements.