RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS [Agenda item 3] DOCUMENT A/CN.4/556 Comments and observations received from Governments and international organizations [Original: English/French] [12 May 2005] CONTENTS Page Multilateral instruments cited in the present report ......................................................................................................................................... 28 Works cited in the present report ..................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter Paragraphs INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1–3 30 COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS A. General remarks .......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 1. European Commission ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 2 International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 32 3. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 32 4. International Seabed Authority ............................................................................................................................................ 33 5. World Trade Organization .................................................................................................................................................... 33 B. Draft article 1. Scope of the draft articles ................................................................................................................................... 34 International Criminal Police Organization ................................................................................................................................ 34 C. Draft article 2. Use of terms ....................................................................................................................................................... 34 1. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 34 2. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 34 D. Draft article 3. General principles .............................................................................................................................................. 35 1. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 35 2. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 35 E. Draft article 4. General rule on attribution of conduct to an international organization ............................................................ 36 1. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 36 2. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 39 3. Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ...................................................................................................... 40 4. United Nations Secretariat ................................................................................................................................................... 40 F. Draft article 5. Conduct of organs or agents placed at the disposal of an international organization by a State or another international organization ........................................................................................................................................................... 40 1. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 40 2. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 41 G. Draft article 6. Excess of authority or contravention of instructions .......................................................................................... 41 1. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 41 2. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 42 H. Draft article 7. Conduct acknowledged and adopted by an international organization as its own ............................................. 42 International Criminal Police Organization ................................................................................................................................ 42 I. Reference to the “rules of the organization”............................................................................................................................... 42 Democratic Republic of the Congo ............................................................................................................................................ 42 J. Definition of “rules of the organization” .................................................................................................................................... 42 Democratic Republic of the Congo ............................................................................................................................................ 42 27 28 Documents of the fifty-seventh session Page K. Attribution of the conduct of a peacekeeping force to the United Nations or to contributing States ......................................... 42 Democratic Republic of the Congo ............................................................................................................................................ 42 L. Breaches of obligations of an international organization towards its member States or its organs: scope of study ................... 43 1. European Commission ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 2. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 43 3. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 47 4. United Nations Secretariat ................................................................................................................................................... 48 5. World Intellectual Property Organization ............................................................................................................................ 48 M. Necessity as a circumstance to preclude wrongfulness ............................................................................................................. 48 1. European Commission ......................................................................................................................................................... 48 2. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 49 3. International Monetary Fund ............................................................................................................................................... 49 4. United Nations Secretariat ................................................................................................................................................... 50 5. World Intellectual Property Organization ............................................................................................................................ 50 N. Request or authorization of the conduct of a State by an international organization ................................................................. 50 1. European Commission ......................................................................................................................................................... 50 2. International Criminal Police Organization ......................................................................................................................... 50 3. International Monetary Fund ..............................................................................................................................................