IAL/ The Commission received the Special Rapporteur’s second report (A/CN,4/399 and Add.1 and 2) at its thirty-eighth session, his third report: (A/CN.4/406 and Corr.1, A/CN.4/406/Add.l and Corr.1 and A/CN.4/406/Add.Z and (lorr.1.) at’ its t-hirty-ninth session, his fourth report (A/CN.4/412, A/CN.4/412/Add.l and Corr.1 and A/CN.4/412/Add.Z and C,rr.l-3) at its fottieth sestiion and his fifth report (AICN.41421 and Corr.l-4 and A/CN.4/421 nnd Atlcl.1 and 2) at its forty-first session. ‘- 11 3 .-248. At its thirty-ninth session, the Commission approved the recommendation of the Drafting Committee with regard to article 1 and the queetion of the term “system” fJ2/ and provisionally adopted articles 2 to 7. UJ.1 At its fortieth eession, the Commission provisionally adopted articles 8 20 21, L&A/ 249. At the forty-first session of the Commission, the Special Rapporteur reaffirmed the schedule for submission of the remaining material which he proposed in 1958, ,l,W and whiah was intended to place the Commission in a position to conclude the first reading of the complete set of draft articles by the end of ite current term of office in 1991. 250. At the sams session, artiales 22 and 23 IUi/ oontained in the first part of the fifth report U,Jf!/ were referred to the Drafting Committee after discussion in the Commission. llu Specifically, the Commission agreed to set aside for the time being the question of article 1 “Use of terms” and that of the use of the term "syyBtrrm*' and to continue its work on the basis of the provisional working hypothesie (adopted by the Commission at its thirty-second session and set forth in footnote 120 infre). Thus, the word "system" appears in square brackets throughout the text, see Report of the International Law Commission ’ on the work of its thirty-ninth session, PefJgij&~ of t;be v. For~saewin,Q).Q&.ba. Lo. (A/42/10), parn. 117.
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The text appears to be discussing the work of the International Law Commission, specifically the development of draft articles on a particular topic. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting that the topic is a complex legal issue. The references to the Commission's sessions, reports, and working hypotheses also suggest that the topic is related to international law and governance.

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International law