text: ref uqees”r Mr. Frieder Roessler (OATT, Legal Affairs Division): “The activities of the Legal Affairs Division of the QATT". 562, As it has become a tradition for the Seminar, the partioipants enjoyed the hospitality of the Town of Geneva and were also officially reaeivecl by the Republic and Canton of Geneva. On that oaaasion they were addressed by Mr, Bollinqer, Chief of Information of the Canton, who gave a talk on the constitutional and political features of Switserland in general and the Canton of Oeneva in particular. 503. At the end of the session of the Seminar, Mr. Jiuyonq Shi, Chairman of the International Law Commission, and Mr. Jan Martenson, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Qeneva, addressed the participants. In the course of this brief ceremony ,each of the parlicipants was presented with a certificate attesting to his or her participation in the twenty-sixth session of the Seminar. 564. The Seminar is funded by voluntary contributions from Member States and through national fellowships awarded by Governments to their own nationals, The Commission noted with particular appreciation that the Qovernments of Austria, Bahrain, Cyprus, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Qermany, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, the Philippines, Swedsn and Switserland had made fellowships available in particular to participants from developing countries through voluntary contributions to the appropriate United Nations assistance programme. With the award of these fellowships it was possible to achieve adequate geographical distribution of participants and to bring from dietant countries deserving candidates who would otherwise have been prevented from participating in the session. This year, full fellowships (travel and subsistence allowance) were awarded to I? participants and partial fellowship (subsistence only) could be given to one participant. Thus of the 576 participants, representing 142 nationalities, who have taken part in the Seminar since its inception in 1964, fellowships have been awarded to 294.
analysis: The text appears to be a report about a seminar or conference organized by the United Nations, specifically about international law and its applications. The text mentions the participation of representatives from various countries, the presentation of certificates, and the funding of fellowships for participants from developing countries. The focus seems to be on international cooperation, education, and capacity-building, rather than on specific economic or industrial sectors.