General Assembly for the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia. My delegation is heartened to note that an overwhelming number of States consider the creation of such a zone as a significant contribution to nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation regime. While I am on the subject of nuclear-weapon-free zones, may I place on record my delegation's appreciation of the agreement reached among nations in the south Pacific to declare their region a nuclear-weapon-free zone. This development, we JSM/jcl A/C.l/40/PV.9 63 (Mr. Shah Nawaz, Pakistan) hope, will encourage efforts to establish similar zones in other regions. My delegation, however, regrets that, because of disagreement among its members, the group of experts commissioned to update the 1975 United Nations study on nuclear-weapon-free zones, failed to complete its task even after an extension in the allotted time. We regard this as a setback to global disarmament efforts. At our current session the Pakistan delegation will again submit a draft resolution on the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia, along the lines of the resolution adopted by the General Assembly at the last session. we hope that the draft resolution will once again receive widespread support in its call to the regional States to enter into negotiations for the establishment of such a zone. we are also hopeful that the adoption of the resolution, along with the recent positive development in the South Pacific, will encourage the regional states to enter into mutual consultations for the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia. In the bilateral context Pakistan has made a number of proposals to India. An agreement on any one of them would considerably strengthen the non-proliferation regime. The proposals include simultaneous accession to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, reciprocal inspection of each other's facilities, and placing nuclear 
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