A/RES/51/160 Page 3 invites Governments to submit comments on the practical problems raised by the succession of States affecting the nationality of legal persons; 9. Takes note with appreciation of paragraphs 143 to 244 of the report of the International Law Commission concerning its procedures and working methods; 10. Takes note of the comments of the International Law Commission on the question of a split session, as presented in paragraphs 228 to 233 of its report; 11. Encourages the International Law Commission, in relation to its internal matters, to take decisions which could contribute to its efficiency and productivity; 12. Takes note of the decision of the International Law Commission contained in paragraph 256 of its report on the duration of its next session; 13. Invites the International Law Commission further to examine the topics "Diplomatic protection" and "Unilateral acts of States" and to indicate the scope and the content of the topics in the light of the comments and observations made during the debate in the Sixth Committee on the report of the Commission and any written comments that Governments may wish to submit; 14. Requests the International Law Commission to continue to pay special attention to indicating in its annual report, for each topic, those specific issues, if any, on which expressions of views by Governments, either in the Sixth Committee or in written form, would be of particular interest in providing effective guidance for the Commission in its further work; 15. Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat and those concerning the summary records and other documentation of the International Law Commission; 16. Once again expresses the wish that seminars will continue to be held in conjunction with the sessions of the International Law Commission and that an increasing number of participants from developing countries will be given the opportunity to attend those seminars, appeals to States that can do so to make the voluntary contributions that are urgently needed for the holding of the seminars, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the seminars with adequate services, including interpretation, as required; 17. Requests the Secretary-General to forward to the International Law Commission, for its attention, the records of the debate on the report of the Commission at the fifty-first session of the General Assembly, together with such written statements as delegations may circulate in conjunction with their oral statements, and to prepare and distribute a topical summary of the debate, following established practice; 18. Also requests the Secretary-General to make appropriate arrangements to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the International Law Commission through a colloquium on the progressive development and codification of international law, to be held during the consideration in the Sixth Committee of the report of the Commission on the work of its forty-ninth session; /...