412- وفي هذه الدورة، قررت اللجنة في جلستها 2758 التي عقدت في 16 أيار/مايو 2003 إنشاء فريق دراسة مفتوح باب العضوية يعنى بهذا الموضوع وعينت السيد مارتي كوسكينيمي رئيساً لـه ليحل محل السيد برونو سيما الذي لم يعد عضواً في اللجنة، حيث انتخب قاضيا في محكمة العدل الدولية.
they assist individual States in the understanding and interpretation of the rules embodied in codification conventions; they are part of the travaux preparatoires of such conventions, and are frequently referred to, or quoted in the diplomatic correspondence of States, in argument before the International Court of Justice and by the Court itself in its judgments; they contribute to the dissemination of information about international law in accordance with the relevant United Nations programme; and they form as important a product of the Commission's work as the draft articles themselves and enable the Commission to fulfil, in accordance with its Statute, the tasks entrusted to it by the General Assembly.