the topics on which the Commission had made the most progress, thanks to the diliqence of the Special Rapporteur for that topic, it should be borne in mind that many difficulties had been encountered, and that many problems had not yet been, solved: article 6, which contained the key provision of the draft, was still pendinq~ opinion was still divided on article 12, on commercial contracts, and even some of the articles provisionally adopted still aave rise to reservations on the part of members of the commission. Therefore, in order to arrive at results that were acceptable to the qreat majority of the members of the international community, the codification auidelines should be further improved by the incorporation of the following ideas in the draft articles: (a) explicit recoqnition of the principle of sovereiqn equality of States, (b) full reflection of international practices, takinq into account the interests of all parties; and (c) the promotion of exchanqes and co-operation between all States. 29. With reqard to the first idea, it was quite obvious that two different rloctrines currently existed on the subject of the jurisdictional immunity of States, but it was also obvious that the principle of immunity was still widely I ... A/C'.6/39/SR.39 Enalish Paae 9 (Mr. Huang Jiahua, China) respected by the majority of States and that its validity was generally recognized even by States advocating limited immunity in their leqislation and judicial practice. Althouah article 6 ("State immunity") had yet to appear in its final form the C-ommission was already flooded with exception clauses whose scope sometimes went beyond the present practice of States advocating limited immunity and which threatened to overshadow the key article. such a situation, if lett uncorrected, would render the important principle of jurisdictional immunity meaninaless. Ris delegation did not object to inclusion in the draft of certain 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international law and diplomacy, specifically the codification of guidelines for international relations. The topics mentioned, such as jurisdictional immunity of States, commercial contracts, and exchanges and cooperation between States, suggest that the text is related to international relations and diplomacy.

**Category**
International trade, International relations