'144.Anumberofylestern delegations utterly rejected repeated attempts bythemembersofthegroupofSocialist countr:ies tomisrepresent thepw:-pose ofthedraftmandate presented inCD/521asproviding for"merediscussions" whenitc10arlystatedasitspurpose -"withaviewtonegotiation ofatreaty". Theypointed outthatsuchmisrepresentati.ons hadblocked thenegotiation ofatreaty. Theynotedthatthesamedelegations repeatedly refused todiscusstheworking papl~rssubmitted by\olestern delegations eventhoughtheyconcededthattheissuesaddressed inthepapers-scope,verification andcompliance ­waretheissuesofsubstance inanuc:lear-test bantreaty. TheynotedfurtherthatthegroupofSocialist countries confined itselftothequestion ofanuclear-weapons testbanwhereas agroupofWestern countries envisaged acomprehensive testbanonallnucleartestsbyallStatesinallenvironmentsforalltime,theurgentneedfor,,,hichhadbeenagreedtobyanovenrhelmingnumberofStatesvotingonrelevant resolutions oftheGeneral Assembly (forexample resolution 39/53). 45.Hembers oftheGroupofSocialist countries pointed outthat'the mandatecontained indocument CD/521did.notprovide fornegoUati.ons ona.treatyonanuclear-test ban.Theystated.thatthisdraftinfactnegated theprioritycharacter ofthequestion ofanuclear-test ban;it"lastransferred totherankoflong'-term tasks. Theyalsopointed outthatthisdraftmandateconcealed anattempt toreviseortocastdoubtonparagraph 51oftheFinalDocument ofthe1'i:-'special sessionoftheUnitedNations devotedtodisarmament andonmanydecisions oftheGeneral Assembly oftheUnitedNationsin"lhichitwaspointed outclearlythatanagreement onprohibition oftesting"isamatterofprimary importance", "isamatterofgreatimportance", "isanurgentneed". Theyalsonotedthatthequestion oftheacopeofatreatyonanuclear-test banr.adalready beenresolved intheframe,,,ork oftrilateralnegotiations. 46.Hembers oftheGroupof21expressed thevie,.,thatthe"rorkoftheConference onitem1"msbeingsetbackbyt~asewhoinsisted ontestillff nuclearweapons. Intheiropinion, thestalicdintention tocontinue testing wasincompatible ,.,ithserious "lorkontheC'tU'bingofs\Achtests. 47.Onenuclear-weapon state,memberofthe"[estern groupofdelegations,reiterated thatacomprehensive banonnuclear explosions remained itslong-termobjective inthecontext ofb:r.oad,deepandverifiable nuclear armsreductions,expanded confidence-building measures, maintenance ofacredible nucleardeterrent a.ndimproved verification capabilities. Itexpressed serious doubtsthatmoratoriums onnucleartesting wereasQundbasisforagreement onverifiable testing limitations, thatthey,rouldlimitfurther growthinnucleararsenals, orthatthey\OlOuldcontribute significantly tothestability andconfidence thatsustained disarmament negotiations. Inthisconnection, itrecalled itshistorical experience \"ithprevious moratoriums, a.'1dsubsequentlargescaletesting efforts. Itfurther dre\'1theattention oftheConferencetotheunconditional invi-tation byitsGovernment addressed totheothermajornuclear-weapon Statetosendexpertstoitstestsiteandtobringanyequipmenttheydeemednecessary tocarryoutthedirectyieldmeasurement ofatest.Itexpressed thehopethatthatproposal wouldstimulate aprocess whichwouldenablebothmajornuclear-"leapon Statestoestablish thebasisfortheverifical:ion ofeffective limitsonunderground nucleartesting. -17-5 t a o c t i e of Ge Su co of of Er MeI1 • 50.Anuclear-weapon State,belonging tothegrcupofdelegations referred to inparagraph 40above,reaffirmed itsgovernment's firmcommitment tothe pursuit ofaverifiable comprehensive testbanWhich,inthecontext of substantial reductions innumbers ofnuclear weapons could,initsview,bean important steptowards nuclear disarmament. Itfurther stressed the importance itattached tocontinuing workontheissuesofscopeaswellas thoseofcompliance andverification. Asregards thelatteraninadequate treatywhichlentitselftoevasion would,initsview,benotonlyuseless butalsodangerous. Inthiscontext,ittabledafurther document CD/610 entitled "Seismic Monitoring foraComprehensive TestBan"containing adetailed analysis oftheissuesofseismicverification.49.The'delegation towhichtheprevious paragraph referred expressed its considered disagreement withtheviewsexpressed therein, anditsreiteration ofitswillingness toenterpromptly intopractical work,towardtheobjective ofacomprehensive banonallnuclear explosions, inanadhoccommittee. Thisdelegation further reiterated thatitwasnotthedelegation blocking the formation ofanadhoccommittee underthemandate proposed inCD/521, witha programme ofworkalongthelinesofthatproposed inCD/621. Thisdelegation further notedthatthemandate proposed inCD/52lhadattracted support from delegations notbelonging tothegroupproposing themandate. Moreover, this delegation calledattention tothefactthatthecountryitrepresented had invested hundreds ofmillions ofdollars intheefforttoresolve problems related toverification andcompliance ofanuclear-test ban.Thisdelegation hadalsostrongly supported effortsoftheadhocGroupofScientific Experts intheareaofinternational seismic dataexchange andanalysis. -18-48.Anumberofdelegations notbelonging toanyalliance observed thatthey remained deeplyconcerned atthecontinued pronouncements fromamajornuclear weaponStateaccording towhichanuclear~test banremained along-term objective withit.This,thesedelegations felt,wascontrary totheviewsof anoverwhelming majority ofStateswhichheldthatatreatytoachieve the prohibition ofnucleartestswasamatterofthehighestpriority andthatsuch atreatyshouldbeconcluded without delay. TheGroupofSocialist countries sharedtheseviews. 51.TheGroupof21sharedtheconviction ofthevastmajority ofthe international community thattheeXisting meansofverification wereadequate toensurecompliance wi~hanuclear-test banandthatthealleged absence of
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