¹ See Official Becords of the General Assembly, Eighth Session, Supplement No. 9, document A/2456, pages 27 to 29. For the sake of brevity, the two conventions are here referred to as, respectively, the “elimination convention” and the “reduction convention.”

² Mr. Edmonds abstained from voting on the draft conventions, as well as on the part of the report accompanying the drafts, for reasons explained at the Commission's 275th meeting (A/CN.4/SB.275). Mr. Zourek declared that he was voting against the draft conventions and the commentary relating to them for reasons of principle which he had given in the course of the discussions at the Commission's fifth session, and which he had summarized during the sixth session at the Commission's 275th meeting.

³ Mr. Edmonds abstained from voting on the suggestions and on the part of the report relating to them, for reasons explained at the Commission's 276th meeting (A/CN.4/SB.276). Mr. Frangois declared that, in voting for the suggestions, he wished to enter a reservation in respect of Article V, to which he was opposed for the reasons he had stated during the 276th meeting. Mr. Sandström abstained from voting on the suggestions for reasons stated at the same meeting. Mr. Zourek voted against the suggestions and against the part of the report relating thereto for reasons of principle stated in the course of the discussions and in connection with the vote taken on the draft conventions for the elimination or reduction of future statelessness, as well as for the reasons explained at the 276th meeting.

⁴ See Official Becords of the General Assembly, Fifth Session, Supp. No. 12, doe. A/1316 [this Journal, Supp., Vol. 44 (1950), p. 105].

⁵ Ibid., Sixth Session, Supp. No. 9, doe. A/1858 [this Journal, Supp., Vol. 45 (1951), p. 103].

⁶ Mr. Edmonds abstained from voting for reasons stated by him at the 276th meeting (A/CN.4/SR.276). Mr. Lauterpacht abstained from voting and, in particular, recorded his dissent from paragraphs 5 and 9 of Article 2 and from Article 4, for reasons stated at the 271st meeting (A/CN.4/SR.271). Mr. Pal abstained from voting for the reasons stated in the course of the discussions (A/CN.4/SR.276). Mr. Sandström declared that, in voting the draft code, he wished to enter a reservation in respect of paragraph 9 of Article 2 for the reasons stated at the 280th meeting (A/CN.4/8B.280).

⁷ Mr. Edmonds abstained from voting upon the articles and the part of the report relating to them for the reasons stated at the 281st meeting (A/CN.4/SB.281). Mr. Lauterpacht, in voting for the articles and the chapter of the report relating to them, dissented from the comment to Article 5 (straight base lines) and from Article 17 (right of passage) for reasons given in the course of the discussions. Mr. Sandstrom declared that, in voting for the draft articles, he wished to enter a reservation in respect of the provisions of Article 5 for the reasons he had stated at the 281st meeting (A/CN.4/SB.281). Mr. Zourek stated that he voted against the articles and against the commentary accompanying them for the reasons explained in the course of the discussions at the sixth session of the Commission.

⁸ I.C.J. Reports, 1951, pp. 129 and 130.

⁹ I.C.J. Reports, 1949, p. 28.