CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CD/640 ' 22 August 19&5 Original : ENGLISH AD HOC COMMITTEE ON EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS TO ASSURE NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES,AGAINST THE USE OR THREAT OF USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS Report to the Conference on Disarmament I. Introduction 1. At its 326th plenary meeting, on 1 August 1985, the Conference on Disarmament decided to re-establish for the remainder of its 1985 session, an ad hoc ccmreiutee to continue to negotiate with a view to reaching agreement on effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons. The Conference further decided that the ad hoc committee would report to the Conference on the progress of its work before the conclusion of the 1985 session (document CD/628). II. Organization of work and documents 2. Also at its 326th plenary meeting, the Conference on Disarmament appointed Ambassador Mansur Ahmad (Pakistan) as Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee. Mr. M. Cassandra, United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, served as Secretary to the Ad Hoc Committee. ' 3. The Ad Hoc Committee held 3 meetings between 12 and 22 August 1985 ­ 4. At their request, the Conference on Disarmament decided to invite the representatives of the following States not members of the Conference to participate in the meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee during the 1985 session: Austria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Finland, Greece, Norway, Senegal and Spain. 5. The Committee had before it the documents of previous sessions related to the item. 1/ iy The list of documents of previous sessions up to and including the 1982 session is contained in the report of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against the Use or 
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