provided for compensation. These types of settlement, rather typical of those after the Second World War, were made through lump-sum agreements, m payments and other types of political settlement. It might be useful to include an article in the draft expressly stipulating that the forms of reparation provided in the articles should apply without prejudice to any other form of settlement based on an agreement between the parties. 343. Wic;h regard to the points covered by the preceding paragraph, the Special Rapporteur explained that the subject matter of the report under discussion did not include any provision directly or indirectly concerning peaceful settlement procedures. References to such procedures would be made in his third report on repricals; settlement procedures to be further covered in Part Three. As regards long-term agreements and ex..sratia settlements, there was nothing in the draft articles proposed which could represent an obstacle thereto. - 188 -Artiole8. ReDsratidnbv/ 344. The Special Rapporteur stated that the concept of reparation by tquivalent was governed by the well-known principle that the result of reparation in a broad sense should be the wiping out, to use the QU&JY Faotorv case dictum, of all the legal and material consequences of the 2411Article 0, as proposed by the Special Rapporteur, read as follows; “ArticleB. ReDaration bv m 1.Alternative (a) The injured State is entitled to claim from the State which has committed an internationally wrongful act pecuniary compensation for any damage not covered by restitution in kind, in the measure necessary to re-establieh the situation that would exist if the wrongful act had not been committed. Alternative (b) If and in the measure in which the situation that would exist if the internationally wrongful act had not been committed is not re-established by restitution in kind in accordance with the provision6 of the preceding Article, the injured
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing international law and the concept of reparation for internationally wrongful acts, specifically in the context of lump-sum agreements and settlement procedures. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on legal and diplomatic matters rather than practical or applied issues.

**Category**
International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief