text: Law Commission on. the conclusion of a conventioni "2- afso rgque:cs the Secretary-General' to invite lvlember States to' comment on-ttre lrost appropriate procedure for compreting work onmost-favoured-nation clauses and on the forum for future discussion, bearingin mind the suggestions and proposals made in the Sixth Comrnit.tee, includingthe suggestion to establish a working group of the Sixth Committee after oneof the existing working groups accomplishes its mandate i '3- Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to t.he GeneralAssembly at its fort,ieth session a report containing the comments andobservations received pursn.ant to paragraphs I and 2 above with a view totaking a final decision on the procedure to be followed', 2' On 15 May 1984 t,he tegal Counsel in letters addressed on behalf of EheSecretary-General to Member States and interested organs of the Unieed Nat.ions, aswell as interested intergovernmental organizations, invited comments andobservations in response to paragraphs I and 2 of resoluEion 3B/L27. 3' As at 31 August 1985 communications had been received from: Barbados,.Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic and eatar; United Nations Conference onTrade and Development (tNCTAD) and Econonic and Social Commission for Asia and thePacific (ESCAP); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations andrnternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) i tatin American Integration Associationand European Economic Cornmunity (EEC). The present report reproduces thesecomrnunications. Any additiohal cornmunications that rnight be received will bepublished in addenda to the present report.A/40/444 Engl ish Page 4 II. COTTIMUNICATIONS RECEIVED FROM GOVERiIMENTS BARBADOS lOriginal: Englishl [16 April r98sl 1. The draft articles on rrcst-favoured-nation clauses codify into a separate and autonomous body of rules this aspect of the law of treaties. 2. The general law of treaties is codified under Ehe Vienna Convention on tbe Law of Treaties to which Barbados is a Party and it is thought that the draft articles
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the codification of rules related to most-favoured-nation clauses in international trade, specifically in the context of the United Nations. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a focus on international relations and trade agreements. The mention of international organizations, such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), further supports this hypothesis.