heGroupofSooialist Countries. Itwasalsosupported byonenuolear-weapon statenotbelonging toanygroup. However, therewasnooonsensus ontheproposed mandate.Inthatoonneotion, members oftheGroupof21pointed outthattheproposedmandate wasdesigned totakeintoaooount theoonoerns ofotherdelegations andmadeitpossible tooonsider allsuggestions andproposals onthesubjeot. Onedelegation ofthisGroupstressed thattheproposed mandate didnotevencontaintheword"negotiation" towhiohmembers ofanother Groupapparently hadarealaversion. Members oftheGroupof21regretted thefaotthat,duetotheopposition ofWestern delegations, theConferenoe wasonoeagainunabletostartserious oonsideration oftheagendaitemwithaviewtofinding appropriate andpraotioal measures fortheprevention ofnuolearwar.Sooialist Statesstressedth&t,intheirview,theConferenoe shouldestablish anadhocoommittee witha negotiating mandate butthat,takingintoaooount theposition ofotherdelegations, theywerewilling tosupport theoompromise mandate proposed bytheGroupof21.Theyalsoregretted thatWestern oountries oontinued toopposethetheestablishment ofasubsidiar.v bodyto·dealwithagendaitem3.Anuolear­weaponStatenotbelonging toanygroupoonsidered thatthemanda~e proposed bytheGroupof21showedthepositive spiritandfler.ibility oftheGroup. Initsview itwasareasonable andoonstruoti veproposal thatoouldserveasabasisforagreement. Delegations -oftheGroupofWestern oountries statedthattheya.ttaohgreatimportanoe tothesubj,eot matteraddressed underagendaitem3andthattheyhadoonsidered withpartioular oarethemandate proposed bytheGroupof21indooument (cn/515/Rev.l). Theyfurther statedthatitwasgenerally feltbythem thatitwouldbeappropriate, atthisstage,toembarkonasubstantive in-depthoonsideration ofagendaitem3oovering allitsvarious aspeots. Intheiropinion,suohadisoussion wouldbefaoilitated bytheReportoftheSeoretar.v-General oftheUnitedNations onthissubjeot, published asdocument CD/603, whiohtheyweloome. Theybelieved thattheyhaddemonstrated aoonsiderable measure offlexibility inoonsultations designed tofindanappropriate formatforthesedisoussions thatwouldbe.aooeptable toall.Theyregretted, however, thataoonsensus ontheseissueshadsofareludedtheConferenoe. Inthelightoftheabove,thed~legations oftheWestem Groupstatedthattheywerenotina.positiontoassooiate themselves withaoonsensus ontheproposed mandate. Itwaspointedoutthatnothingintheproposal oftheGroupof21,asoontained indooumentcn/SlS/Rev.l,did prevent anydelegation oragroupofdelegations fromdisoussingdooument CD/603oranyotherdooument, forthatmatter, relevant toitem3oftheagenda. ThAGroupof21,therefore, regretfully founditinexplioable whytheWestern detepations neededtohavetorefertodooument CD/603whileconveyingtheirinability toacoepttheproposal inCD/5l5/Rev.1. 13.Thegroupofsocialist countries issuedastatement inconnection withthefortieth a.nniversary ofthevictory overHitleritefasoism. Manyotherdelegationsalsospokeattheplenary meetings inconnection withtheendofWorldWarII inEurope. 14.Manydelegations spokeontheoocasion ofthefortieth anniversary oftheatomiobombing ofHiroshima andexpressed theirfirmoonviotion thatthattragedy mustneverberepeated again. 15.Manydel.egations addressed theissuesoonceming theprevention ofnu01ear war,inoluding allrelated ~~tters, atplenar.v meetings oftheConferenoe. -25-t ate. tld tleun L Lrt ld led a ihe :he ythe iew ach they lion, )f e tion ed ing ~e .ons1 i 16.TheGroupof21rG~:ffirmed itsconviction thatthegreatest perilfacingthe worldwasthethreatofdestruction fromanuclear warandthat,consequently, theremovalofthatthreatwasthemostacuteandurgenttaskofthepresent d8iY. TheGroupreiterated theviewthat,whilenuclear-weapon Stateshadtheprimar,y responsibilit,y foravoiding anuclear war,allnations werevitallyinterested inthenegotiation ofmeasures fortheprevention ofnuclear war,inviewofthe catastrophic consequences thatsuchawarwouldhaveformankind. 11.Inthisconnection, members oftheGroupof21recalled thattheHeadsof StateorGovernment ofArgentina, Greece, India,Mexico, S~-redenandTanzania had, intheDelhiDeclaration of28January 1985statedthat,asaresultofrecent atmospheric andbiological studies, therehadbeennewfindings thatindicated that,inaddition toblast,heatandradiation, nuclear war,evenonalimited scale,wouldtrigger anArcticnuclear winterthatmighttransform theEarthinto adarkened, frozenplanet, posingunprecedented periltoallnations, eventhose farremoved fromthenuclear explosions. Furthermore, ~uchconsequences would tol1owevenifeitherofthemajornuclear-weapon Statesweretousejustasmall fraction ofthenuclear weaponsinitspossession iftheattacked sidedidnot retaliate. Intheirview,thismadeitstillmorepressing totakepreventive actiontoexclude forever theuseofnuclear weapons andtheoccurrence ofnuclear war.Members oftheGroupof21pointed outthattheGeneral Assembly had repeatedly requested theConference onDisarmament toundertake, asamatterofth highestpriorit,y,negotiations withaviewtoachieving agreement onappropriate andpractical measures fortheprevention ofnuclear war,andtoestablish for thatpurpose anadhoccommittee onthesubject. Theynotedthat,indeference totheposition ofotherdelegations, theGroupof21hadputforward a non-negotiating mandate thatwouldpermitathorough consideration ofallaspects
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