fullest co-operation to you during the current month, as well as during the inter-sessional period. A number of colleagues have joined us since I last took the floor in the plenary. I would like to extend a welcome to the Ambassadors of Brazil, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Ethiopia and the Federal Republic of Germany. As we approach the end of this year's session of the Conference on Disarmament I wish to address the subject of the chemical weapons convention, to which we have devoted a great amount of time and effort over the last few years and which, despite the various obstacles, continues to hold the maximum degree of promise among the various items on our agenda. The negotiations on this convention have now reached a stage where an end is in sight, but not yet quite within our grasp. The intensity of our negotiations on this subject is a reflection of the international consensus which exists on the need to ban chemical weapons, and it is our hope that this commitment on the part of the international community will be sustained till the achievement of our final goal. Before I address some of the specific issues being discussed in the Ad hoc Committee on Chemical Weapons, allow me to state once again that Pakistan neither possesses chemical weapons nor desires to acquire them. Consequently, we have a deep and abiding interest in a comprehensive, effective and equitable treaty that would prohibit the development, stockpiling, acquisition and use of chemical weapons and ensure the total destruction of existing stockpiles, facilities and delivery systems of chemical weapons. At the same time, we would not favour any partial or discriminatory approach to the prohibition of chemical weapons, since this would leave the door open for the use of chemical weapons and discriminate 
**Analysis**
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