COMMENCE ON ^BARMEN! CD/629 2 August 1985 Original : ENGLISH PEOPLE ’S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Working paper on item 1 of the agenda of the Conference on Disarmament entitled "Nuclear test ban" 1. The socialist countries consider the earliest completion of a treaty on the complete and general prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests as one of the most urgent and significant measures to prevent nuclear war and halt the nuclear arms race. This position was reaffirmed at the Berlin meeting of the Committee of Foreign Ministers of the States Parties to the Warsaw Treaty, held in December 1984 (CD/543). With that attitude the socialist countries follow the consensus reflected in paragraph 51 of the Final Document of the First SSOD, which emphasizes that the cessation of nuclear-weapon testing would make a significant contribution to the aim of ending the qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and the development of new types of such weapons and of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Many resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly have urged the- speedy conclusion of such a treaty and the start of negotiations to that end. This goal was only recently reiterated in resolutions 39/52 and 59/60 adopted at the thirty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly. It was with the same aim in mind that six heads of State or Government have called in the Delhi Declaration for the immediate halt to all nuclear-weapons testing. 2. Instead of allowing the Conference to fulfil its negotiating role in the field of a nuclear test ban, some countries suggested that the CD should examine specific issues relating to a Comprehensive Test Ban. However, no other matter in the field of disarmament has been the subject of so much concern and study. A 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic document discussing the topic of disarmament, specifically a nuclear test ban. It mentions international organizations, resolutions, and declarations, indicating an international relations context. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on policy and negotiation.

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International relations, Science and technology