(a) Report of the First Committee: A/44/713: (b) Resolution 441106; (c) Meetings of the First Committee: A/C.1/44/W.3-25, 36, 40 and 41; (d) Plenary meeting: A/44/W.61. I... A/45/100 English Page 145 50. Uraent- - - The question of the cessation of nuclear tests, independently of agreement on other disarmament measures, was discussed by the General Assembly as early as the ninth session, in 1954 (see item 48). At its thirty-fifth session, the General Assembly requested the Committee on Disarmament to take the necessary steps, including the establishment of a working group, to initiate substantive negotiations on a comprehensive test-ban treaty as a matter of the highest priority at the beginning of its session to be held in 1981 and to determine the institutional and administrative steps necessary for establishing, testing and operating an international seismic monitoring network and effective verification system (resolution 351145 8). At its thirty-sixth session, the General Assembly called upon the thr88 negotiating nuclear-weapon States to resume their negotiations in order to bring them to an early SuCCeSSful COnClUSiOn; and requested th8 Committee on Disarmament to take the necessary steps, including th8 establishment of a working group, to initiate substantive negotiations on a compr8hensiv8 test-ban treaty at the beginning of its session to be held in 1982 and to exert all efforts so that the draft of such a treaty might be submitted to the Assembly at the earliest possible dat8 (resolution 36/85). At its thirty-seventh session, the General Assembly noted that the Committee on Disarmament had established an A.~JQ~ Working Group under item 1 of its agenda (Nuclear-test ban), and requested the Group to discuss and define issues relating to verification and compliance, with a view to making further progress towards a nuclear-test ban, taking into account all existing proposals and future initiatives (resolution 37173). 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international efforts to ban nuclear tests, which is a matter of international security and disarmament. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a focus on international relations and treaties. The text also mentions the Committee on Disarmament and the General Assembly, which are international organizations responsible for making decisions on disarmament and international security.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology