States must accept the obligation to take positive and practical steps towards the adoption and implementation of concrete measures towards nuclear disarmament. The realization that a nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought is a significant step forward, which must be translated into practical steps. Paragraph 50 of the Final Document of SSOD-I indicated guidelines for the CD to provide an effective and complementary process in the multilateral framework. The Group of 21 remains firmly committed to the implementation of this paragraph, and believes that the establishment of an ad hoc committee provides the best means to achieve this objective. The Group stresses that its willingness to accept the format of the informal plenary to discuss this agenda item this year in no way prejudices its principled stand reflected in CD/64, CD/116, CD/180, CD/526, CD/819 and CD/819/Rev.1. The Group expects substantial movement on the issue of setting up an ad hoc committee on this agenda item next year, in keeping with the importance of the subject within the global disarmament agenda. Mr. SHAHBAZ (Pakistan) : I have asked for the floor today to make the following statement on behalf of the Group of 21 with regard to agenda item 3, "Prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters". The statement reads as follows. We in the Group of 21 wish to express our regret at the inability of the Conference on Disarmament to set up an ad hoc committee on agenda item 3. We have shown ourselves ready to exchange views on this subject, here or in the General Assembly. But some delegations have not agreed with this, as their priorities seem to be different. CD/PV.547 21 (Mr. Shahbaz, Pakistan ) I do not need to emphasize the importance that our Group attaches to this 
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