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(b) to explain the historical evolution of the present text of the draft Treaty, in particular by setting out the text of alternative proposals presented during the fourth session of the Committee of Experts that relate to the corresponding part of the present text; and
(c) to facilitate the reading of the draft Treaty by providing, where a provision refers to other provisions of the draft Treaty, brief information on the cross-reference so as to avoid the necessity for the reader to refer back to the other provisions.
7. Alternatives have been designated as such in the text of the draft Treaty with the use of capital letters, except where the alternative consists simply in the retention or omission of a word or certain words. In this latter case,
the word or words in question have been placed between square brackets.