international community since the adoption of the draft code prepared in 1954. He approved of the method adopted by the Special Rapporteur who had dealt with three fundamental questions (scope of the draft, methodology of the draft and implementation of the code) by endeavouring to highlight all the legal and political aspects of the topic. While it did not eliminate the notion of the criminal responsibility of the State his delegation realized that the introduction of concepts of criminal law into the field of the international responsibility of States greatly complicated the Commission's work. Accordingly, with respect to the content ratione personae of the dratt code, it agreed with the Commission that at the present stage it was better to leave aside the question of the criminal responsibility of the State and to focus on the criminal responsibility of individuals [A/39/10, para. 65 (a)]. Eventually agreement would have to be reached on provisions that would establish the criminal responsibility of States that committed serious violations of international law; such as aggression, annexation of territories or apartheid, all of which could be committed only by States. Censure by the international community or economic sanctions were two examples of the type of sanction which could be adopted. With respect to the content ratione materiae, it was necessary to start from rational criteria so as to identify the most serious crimes and to determine their legal consequences. It was also necessary to look more closely at the legal qualification of those crimes and to study them in greater depth from the qualitative standpoint. Paragraphs 52 to 64 of the report were very interesting in that regard. However, those questions should also be considered from the point of view of the solidarity of the international community, which was bound to adopt sanctions against a State or 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international law and the concept of criminal responsibility, specifically in the context of state actions. It seems to be focused on the development of international norms and the potential consequences for states that violate these norms. The text also touches on the idea of sanctions as a means of holding states accountable for their actions. Given the focus on international law and state responsibility, it is likely that the text falls under the category of...

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