He warned of the danger of setting a precedent that might lead to a convention being applicable to a State that had not chosen to adopt it or even being universally applicable although it had only been ratified by a small number of States.
他警告这有创下先例之虞，致使公约适用于不愿意通过公约的国家，或甚至是在只有少数国家批准公约的情况下导致普遍适用。