participation are achieved. The summit meeting was also the occasion for the United States and USSR to release a joint statement on non-proliferation. This statement addresses the problems of proliferation in the nuclear weapons, missile technology and chemical weapons fields, notes our agreement to work closely together and with other members of the international community to develop and put into action concrete measures against the proliferation of these types of weapons, and calls on other nations to join a renewed commitment to effective non-proliferation measures as a means of securing international peace and stability and as a step toward the effective limitation world-wide of nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, missiles, and missile technology. Of specific interest to this Conference, the joint statement reaffirms the commitment of the United States and the Soviet Union to a global, verifiable ban as the best long-term solution to chemical weapons proliferation. In this statement, the United States and the USSR further undertake to expedite the CW negotiations with a view to finalizing the draft convention at the earliest date. In closing, may I add that the summit meeting recorded significant and concrete achievements in a number of other relevant areas as well. My statement this morning, however, is intended to address just those areas of immediate importance for the future work of the Conference. In this regard, Minister Batsanov and I will be asking you to circulate as Conference documents the texts of the bilateral CW agreement and the joint statement on non-proliferat ion. The PRESIDENT (translated from Spanish ): I thank the representative of the United States, Mr. Breckon for the statement he has just made, and I also thank him for the kind words and co-operation offered to the Chair. I shall also ensure that the secretriat circulates the documents that he mentioned. CD/PV.555
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to international diplomacy and security, as it discusses a summit meeting between the United States and USSR, and the joint statement on non-proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and missile weapons. It also mentions the commitment to a global, verifiable ban on chemical weapons and the expedited negotiations for a draft convention.

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