anagreement oragreements, asappropriate, toprevent anarmsraceinouter spaceinallitsaspects. Reaffirming itscommitment totheprovisions of thisresolution, thisGroupconsidered itsadoption asanexpression ofstrong CD/I034 pqe5 support toentrust theAdHoccommittee withanimproved mandate inconformity withtheresponsibilities oftheConference onDisarmament asthesingle multilateral forumfordisarmament negotiations. ThesameGroupexpressed the viewthattheAdHocCommittee ontheprevention ofanarmsraceinouter spacehasexamined andidentified theneedforstrictcompliance withexisting agreements andalsohasconsidered further measures andtheneedtohold appropriate international negotiations inaccordance withthespiritofthe outerSpaceTreaty. Itrecalled thelargenumberofproposals fromallgroups introduced intheConference onDisarmament sincetheinception oftheworkof itsAdHocCommittee in1985. TheGroupconsidered theadditional reference intheProgramme ofWorkthisyearthattheAdHocCommittee shouldcarryout itsworkbyfinding andbuilding uponareasofconvergence asrepresenting a certain qualitative improvement intheCommittee's organizational context. ThisGroupsawitasaclearrecognition oftheneedtoidentify concrete areasforpractical workinthisfieldthusleaving behindthepurely deliberative stageinwhichtheCommittee hadoperated sinceits establishment, particularly withreference toitem3oftheprogramme ofwork. 13.TheWestern Groupwasconvinced thatthemandate oftheAdHocCommittee adopted bytheConference wassufficiently clear,broadandflexible toallow allinterested delegations tocontribute inaconstructive waytoreaching our commongoal,theprevention ofanarmsraceinouterspace. Onedelegation, a memberofthisGrouPLwhilesharing theobjective oftheitemunderwhichthe AdHocCommittee wasestablished, believed thattheCDshoulddoeverything possible toimprove collective security whether onearthorinspace. Recognizing theimportance ofthetwoPowerswiththeoverwhelming capability inthisareathisdelegation considered thatthebestwaytobegintheprocess wasbydirectnegotiations between them.Meanwhile itbelieved thattheCD doeshavearoletoplay.Whileholding theviewthattheCommittee wasnot inaposition tobeginmultilateral negotiations thedelegation hopedthatthe discussion ofvarious proposals wouldproduce consensus onwhatisfeasible anddesirable. Itconsidered thattheaimintheConference onDisarmament shouldbethecontinuation ofthediscussion ofgeneral considerations ­ technical, legal,political, military andstrategic -toidentify areaswhere theConference mightmakeagenuine contribution toprevent anarmsracein outerspace. 14.Manydelegations statedthattheprevention ofanarmsraceinouter spaceremained oneofthemajorconcerns ofthecommunity ofStates. One CD/1034 page6 delegation ofanon-member statebelieved thattheverification ofarms control agreements shouldconstitute thesolemilitary useofspace. The disclosure bystatesofothermilitary activities inspacewouldconstitute a greatstepforward towards theachievement ofthisobjective. Another delegation stressed thattheprevention ofanarmsraceinouterspacewasan areathatmustbetackled withrenewed commitment. Anareathatmustbe reserved forthecommonwelfare ofmankind cannotbesUbjected topower politics. Astothegeneral environment against whichspaceactivities take place,thisdelegation statedthattheincreasing numberofcountries becoming involved inspaceactivities maketheconsideration oftheiteminthe Conference onDisarmament evenmorerelevant. Furthermore, itindicated that asfarasspaceactivities areconcerned, theencouraging signsoneseeson disarmament related questions onEarthareabsent. Theabsence ofaconsensus ontheneedtocomplete anddevelop alegalregimewidelyrecognized as insufficient, coupled withthecontinuing disagreements between thetwomajor spacePowerscreate anextremely precarious situation. Referring tothework carried o~tbytheConference, afterfiveyearsofconsideration oftheitem, thisdelegation indicated thataqualitative stepforward waspossible. To thisend,theGroupof21stressed thatthespecific areasunderconsideration should beclearly delimited anddetermined byarolling textofananalytical nature. Otherwise, theworkoftheConference wouldnotriseabovethelevel ofanexchange ofviews, morebefitting adeliberative bodythanonewiththe characteristics oftheCD. 15.Members oftheGroupofEastEuropean andotherstatesstatedthattheCO facedmanyproblems asitmovedintothe1990s. Intheirview,rapidand
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and the role of the Conference on Disarmament in addressing this issue. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that it may be a document from a international organization or a government. The text mentions various countries and groups, and the tone is constructive and collaborative, indicating that the topic is one of international cooperation and diplomacy.

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Science and technology, International relations