24. This article too is based on the arbitrary distinction - which is found inarticle 9 - between Ehe material content of Ehe nost-favoured-nation.f"u"" "rrJ th.persons who are the beneficiaries of that clause. This is an unnecessarydistinction, which serves no purpose from the viewpoint of lhe legal consequencesof the most-favoured-nation clause., Perhaps t,he text of paragraph 2 is valid as a commentary and illustration of all that is laid down in paragraph 1, but it doesnot contain any new legal provision calling for an independent paragraph. It isclear that the material content of the most-favoured-nation clause or "thesubject-matter of the clause", to use t,he words of paragraph l, cannot be conceivedof independently and in isolation from the persons of the beneficiaries under theclause; the two concepts are closely interlinked and can be separated only by adeliberate intellectual process having no legal consequence. Accordingly, theexpression "the rimits of the subject-natter of the clausen, as used inparagraph Ir sPecifies who the beneficiaries of the clause are, while, at the sametime, it specifies the subject-maLter or material content of the clause. /..., A/40/444I English Page ll 25. For the reasons stated above, the StaEe of Qatar proposes that paragraph 2 of article I0 be deleted, in order to inprove Ehe text and rid it of superfluities. III. Recommendation of the Commission on the conclusion of a 26. The Government. of the State of Qatar considers that the Conmissionrs recommendation that the draft articles that it has prepared should - after revision and finalization - be incorporated in an internaEional multilateral convention is most apposite and that such a convenlion might be the ideal mould in which to cast the articles relating to t,he most-favoured-nation clause. IV. Procedure Eo be followed in completing the work and the body to be responsible for its conplet,ion 27. !{ith regard to paragraph 2 of General Assembly resolution 38/L27 mentioned
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic document discussing the revision of an international treaty, specifically Article 9 and Article 10, related to the most-favoured-nation clause. The language used is formal and technical, indicating a focus on international law and diplomatic protocol. The content does not seem to be related to economic development, natural resources, agriculture, or other specific sectors, but rather addresses a specific clause in an international treaty.

**Category**
International trade