assume a negotiating function. BG/6 A/C.l/40/PV .ll 19-20 (Mr. Pham Ngac, VietNam) The Ambassador of Mexico, Mr. Garcia Robles, made a thorough analysis of the nuclear test-ban issue in his statement before this Committee last week. No negotiations took place on this issue during the period 198o-1985. In view of the urgency of nuclear disarmament a moratorium on nuclear tests would serve as an important step in the process. The fact that the United States has declared a comprehensive nuclear test ban as a "long-term goal" has greatly frustrated the common efforts. The recently con~luded Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear weapons (NPT) -with the deplorable exception of two participating nuclear Powers -called for a resumption of the trilateral talks. The Conference on Disarmament should establish during its next session a subsidiary body mandated to elaborate a treaty. Pending a treaty on the prohibition of nuclear-weapon tests, the Soviet initiative for a unilateral moratorium on all nuclear tests constitutes a positive and timely contribution to curbing the nuclear arms race and creating favourable conditions for the early conclusion of such a treaty. JSM/ed A/C.l/40/PV.ll 21 (Mr. Pham Ngac, Viet Nam) At this juncture, Viet Nam wishes to emphasize the following measures as urgent and practical for preventing a nuclear war: First, renunciation by all States of the first use of nuclear weapons. The nuclear-weapon States, which have not yet done so, should now unilaterally assume their obligations. This measure would increase confidence among States and lessen the nuclear danger. The commitments can be codified in an instrument of international law, thereby amounting to legal prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons. We also advocate the conclusion of an international convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons as reaffirmed in General Assembly 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement made by the Ambassador of Vietnam, Mr. Pham Ngac, to the United Nations Committee on Disarmament. The content focuses on the issue of nuclear disarmament, nuclear tests, and the prevention of nuclear war. The Ambassador is advocating for measures to reduce the nuclear threat, including a moratorium on nuclear tests, renunciation of the first use of nuclear weapons, and the conclusion of an international convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons.

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