Each of the five consecutive resolutions adopted annually by the United Nations General Assembly as from December 1980 contained appeals to the three depositaries, to whom I have already referred, which are worded as follows: "The General Assembly, "Calls upon the States depositaries of the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in OUter Space and under Water and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, by virtue of their special responsibilities under those two Treaties and as a provisional measure, to bring to a halt without delay all nuclear-test explosions, either through a trilaterally agreed moratorium or through three unilateral moratoria;" (resolution 38/62, para. 7) The last of the elements I am listing here is that, in the light of these appeals, we no doubt found a source of satisfaction in the announcement made on 29 July last by the Soviet Union in a statement which, inter alia, stated the following: "In an effort to help end the dangerous competition in the build-up of nuclear arsenals and wishing to set a good example, the Soviet Union has BHS/ve A/C.l/ 40/PV. 3 22 (Mr. Garcia Robles, Mexico) decided that it will unilaterally discontinue all nuclear explosions, starting from 6 August 1985. We call on the Government of the United States to cease its nuclear explosions starting from the same date, which is observed throughout the world as the anniversary of the Hiroshima tragedy. Our moratorium is declared until 1 January 1986. It will, however, remain in effect beyond that date if the United States, for its part, refrains from setting off nuclear explosions." (A/40/522, p. 2) It is highly likely that reasons such as the first eleven I have just mentioned -the twelfth came later- prompted the Secretary-General of the United 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international diplomacy and disarmament efforts, specifically the United Nations General Assembly's appeals to halt nuclear-test explosions and the Soviet Union's announcement of a unilateral moratorium on such explosions. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a focus on international relations and security.

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