they come, but as leading legal scholars. According to Sinclair, "in fact, the composition of the Commission has gradually tended to reflect a mix of academic lawyers, judges, legal advisers or ex-legal advisers to Foreign Ministers, lawyer diplomats and lawyer politicians."
The term of each member was originally set for three years, but was extended to five years in 1950. Over time as membership in the General Assembly has expanded, so has membership in ILC, from 15 in 1946 to 21 in 1956, 25 in 1961 and 34 since 1981. Wallace says GA elects members from lists of national groups and attempts to ensure equitable geographical distribution. According to Sinclair, five of the original members were from nations represented on the UN Security Council, the United States, Great Britain, France, Nationalist China and the Soviet Union, four were from Latin America, two were from Asia and one was from Eastern Europe. Since the 1960s, many more members have been elected f
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