political relations make excessive dependence on these weapons less necessary. My delegation welcomes the declared intention of the leaders of the two great countries to break with the past, which was characterized by fear, suspicion and mistrust. It now seems clear that the considerable measure of substantive agreement is beginning to have positive effects on a number of areas of bilateral arms limitation, and further progress will, I hope, continue to be definitive and not reversible. While acknowledging the importance of these bilateral developments, my delegation believes that disarmament is an issue of concern to all States. Bilateral efforts should therefore complement the work of the Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral negotiating forum. We must ensure that the intrinsic qualities of this body are fully utilized for the purpose of securing global disarmament measures. By proclaiming the Third Disarmament Decade last May in New York, the United Nations Disarmament Commission underlined the need for the international community to seek early reduction of nuclear weapons and work towards a comprehensive nuclear test ban. Nuclear items which have been accorded the highest priority in our agenda have received very little attention in our work. We welcome the recent re-establishment of the Ad hoc Committee on a Nuclear Test Ban after almost seven years. We are grateful to Ambassador Donowaki of Japan for his tireless efforts in ensuring that the Ad hoc Committee was established. We are also grateful to his predecessor. Ambassador Yamada, whose perseverance and diplomatic skills are noteworthy. We share the view expressed last Tuesday by Ambassador Nabil Elaraby of Egypt in his statement that the Committee "should also agree on a programme of work that would take into consideration the necessary elements of elaborating a framework, structure and scope of a draft 
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