States. FOr this reason, the United Kingdom played an active part in the Secretary- Generalss group of experts which devised the proposed international reporting instrument. The United Kingdom cosponsored General Assembly resolution 33/67 of 14 December 1978 requesting, inter alia, the Secretary-General "to carry out a practica1 test of the proposed reportin,, Q instrument with the voluntary co-,operation Of States from different regions and representing different budgeting and accountinf: systemsF'. The United Kingdom also supported General Assembly resolution 34/03 F Of 11 December 1979 which, inter ae, recognized "the need for the availability of a satisfactory instrument for standardized reporting on the military expenditures of Member States, such as the one currently bein;r, tested within the framework Of the United Nationsf'. / . . . The United Kingdom has repeatedly stressed the need for the completion of tb proposed reporting instrument by a representative sample of Member States. It nc that a large number of countries with free market economies have completed. the instrument. Al1 Western countries, including the United Kingdom, produce detailt statistics of their military Spending. A recent example in the case of the Unitt Kingdom is Volume II (Defence Statistics) of the Statement on Defence Estimates 1980. Given the large nutnber of Western countries which have participi in the test, the United Kingdom sees no need to complete the matrix on this occasion. The United Kingdom further notes that a number of other kmber Sta-bes from different regions and with different budgeting and accounting systems have agreel to participate in the pilot test. This does no-t, however, mean that the ssmple countries completing the matrix can be regarded as representative"of al1 groups Staies e The United Kingdom is not aware of any positive response from a member the Warsaw Pact. In particular it notes that the Soviet Union, the largest mili 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing a specific international reporting instrument related to military expenditures of member states, and the United Kingdom's involvement and views on its completion. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting an international organization or government context. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather focuses on a specific reporting instrument and its implementation.

**Category**
International trade, Defense