and constructive attitude that the negotiators have been taking towards their work. My Government fully expects that, if this attitude is maintained and strengthened during the summer session, we will have gone a very long way towards resolving most, if not all, of the remaining outstanding problems. I should, perhaps, not need to add that my Government is fully committed to doing all that it can to assist in realizing our final goal. In closing my comments on this item, I should note, however, that to this end my delegation will also be distributing through the secretariat a number of other documents for the use of delegations in their work. Some of these documents I shall describe in a few moments, but I should like to note here that, as in previous years, we are distributing the latest compendiums of documents comprising the plenary statements and working papers of the 1989 session. CD/PV.554 17 (Mr. Shannon, Canada ) This morning I am also pleased to be able to table a paper describing Canada's first national trial inspection, which is designated CD/987. Since Canada currently has no significant production of schedule 2 chemicals and there was no suitable plant available at the time that could be used as a substitute Canada was unable to participate in the earlier phase of this exercise. However, in keeping with the move to expand the national trial inspections into other areas, such as challenge and ad hoc inspections, Canada decided it could best contribute through an inspection at a simulated single small-scale facility for schedule 1 chemicals. The trial was carried out in a facility based on an organic synthesis laboratory at the Defence Research Establishment Suffield, where research quantities of schedule 1 chemicals are occasionally prepared for protective 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a diplomatic meeting or conference, where a government representative is reporting on the progress of negotiations and presenting a paper on a specific topic related to chemical inspections. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a formal setting. The content of the paper focuses on a technical aspect of chemical inspections, suggesting that the category may be related to science, technology, or international cooperation.

**Category**
Science and technology, International trade