establishment of national registers it was not only our aim to meet this objective. We also took account of the requirement that the approach must be feasible and easily implementable by States parties. In addition it had to be ensured that confidential information is protected. It is my hope that our proposal provides a good working basis. My delegation is looking forward to discussing it in detail during forthcoming meetings on the subject within the Ad hoe Committee on Chemical Weapons. CD/PV.550 18 (Mr. LUdeking, Federal Republic of Germany) My delegation presented its views on challenge inspections in some detail in a statement earlier this session. On that occasion we were also able to present a report on our first trial challenge inspection in a military facility. Today I would like to introduce the report on our second trial challenge inspection. The report has been distributed this morning as document CD/983. This trial challenge inspection, again conducted in a military facility, was intended in particular to provide practical experience with inspection methods and equipment. The results are encouraging: we were able to conclude that portable testing and analysis equipment already available can be put to effective use in a challenge inspection. We hope that our findings will be of help in the further consideration of the issue of challenge inspections. We are continuing our series of trial challenge inspections. And we will continue to report on the practical experience we gain through them to the Conference on Disarmament. With a view to promoting progress in our chemical weapons negotiations my Government intends to hold a workshop devoted to verification issues on 14 and 15 June this year in Munster, located between Hamburg and Hanover in Lower Saxony. The workshop is to focus on technical aspects of verification, 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be related to international diplomacy and negotiations, specifically regarding the establishment of national registers, challenge inspections, and verification issues related to chemical weapons. It also mentions a workshop on verification issues, which suggests a focus on scientific and technological aspects.

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Science and technology, International relations