context has been designed to bring about what we all agree to be necessary - the negotiation and above all the conclusion of agreements and measures agreed at the multilateral level, with universal scope, in the area of disarmament. Our debates and negotiations have highlighted in particular the fact that the more favourable political climate today offers conditions and hopes, but also imposes requirements, responsibilities and additional efforts to bring about meaningful results in the area of disarmament, inter alia and above all within the Geneva Conference. The discussions have also revealed that nuclear issues are still viewed as priority issues for this Conference. Our delegation takes note with satisfaction of the fact that, thanks in particular to the efforts of Ambassador Donowaki, more favourable conditions now obtain that could lead to a more specific dialogue on the question of a substantive mandate for an ad hoc committee on a nuclear test ban. We hope that the Conference will soon find the flexibility and consensus which are so much needed to produce a reasonable, balanced mandate which can offer the required conditions for a substantive and well-targeted examination of this issue. Concerning the important problem of the verification of a test-ban treaty, considerable progress has been made. The Ad hoc Group of Scientific Experts has developed a global system of seismic verification. My delegation is particularly pleased since, starting with this session, Romania has been participating in the Ad hoc Group and is going to commit its technical capabilities to the global international test that will produce its conclusions in 1991. We believe that, in order to guide other political decisions concerning participation in an international test of this nature, ways and means should be found, especially in areas hitherto insufficiently represented, to offer basic technical assistance and supplementary 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international efforts to reduce and control the proliferation of nuclear weapons, with a focus on disarmament and verification. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a high-level international meeting or conference. The topics of nuclear tests, verification systems, and international cooperation on disarmament are all central to the text.

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Science and technology, International trade