11 December 1979, the Assembly decided to transmit to the Committee on Disarmament the views of States concerning the non-use of nuclear weapons, avoidance of nuclear war and related matters, and requested t,hat Conmittee to take those views into appropriate consideration. ay its resolution 35/L52 D of 12 December 1980, Ehe Assembly declared once again that the use of nuclear weapons would be a violat.ionof the Charter of the United Nations and a crime against hunanity and that the useor threat of use of nuclear rdeapons should therefore be prohibited, pending nuclear disarmament; that resolution lras adopted by 112 votes to 19, with 14 abstentions.Ot the nuclear-weapon States, China voted in favouri France, the United Kingdom and the United States voted against; and the Soviet. Union abstained. 20. At its thirty-sixth session, in 1981, the General Assernbly adopted three resolutions on the issue, entitled (a) Declaration on the Prevention of Nuclear Catastrophe (resolution 3611100 of 9 Decernber 19gI); (b) non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear vrar (resolution 36/92 I of 9 December 198I) i and(c) prevent,ion of nuclear rdar (resolution 36/8I B of 9 December 1981). 2L. The Declaration on the Prevention of Nuclear Catast,rophe was adopted as theresult of an initiative of the Soviet Union. In submitting the proposal, the Soviet Union stressed that the task of preventing a nuclear catastrophe was onethat should be given the highest, priority in international relations. The problem, the Soviet Union addedr had become particularly relevant in the light of attemptson the part of some countries to advance the doctrine of a limited nuclear war, a doctrine which was, in the opinion of the Soviet Union, meant to legalize the useof nuclear weaPons. The Soviet Union stated that the United Nations would be
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations and disarmament, specifically regarding the use of nuclear weapons and the prevention of nuclear war. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that it is a report or resolution from a international organization. The text mentions the United Nations, the General Assembly, and the Committee on Disarmament, further supporting this hypothesis.

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