والمبدأ العام الذي يمكن إرساؤه أيضاً هو مبدأ يقضي بأن تكون الدولة ملزمة بالأفعال الانفرادية وذلك من وقت صدور الفعل أو من الوقت الذي حدد صدوره في الإعلان الذي أبديت فيه الإرادة.
It was noted that the report failed to provide any proposals for future action and seemed to suggest abandoning the approach of elaborating draft articles in favour of less rigid guidelines. The main aspects of recognition were dealt with in the report, but on the basis of very theoretical and abstract propositions; a reference to fundamental academic writings on the topic would have been helpful.