وأُشير إلى أن ممارسة الحماية الدبلوماسية قرار سياسي أساساً، ورئي أنه من الممكن أن تميل دولة إلى دعم شخص اعتباري مقره في إقليمها ضد دولة أخرى لا تقيم معها علاقات ودية.
It was recalled that the act of exercising diplomatic protection was essentially a political decision, and it was maintained that it was possible that a State could be inclined to support a legal person, which was established in its territory, against another State with whom it did not maintain cordial relations.