International legal questions

In 2007, the International Law Commission continued to examine topics relating to the progressive development and codification of international law. It recommended the second reading of draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers, and established a working group on shared natural resources. The General Assembly, in December, commended to the attention of Governments a set of draft articles on diplomatic protection and a set of draft principles on transboundary harm from hazardous activities, which the Commission had submitted in previous years. Governments were invited to submit comments, including on elaborating conventions on those topics.

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