(h)Document CD/596, dated17June1985,submitted bythedelegation ofBulgaria, entitled "Message byTodorZhivkov, President oftheState CouncilofthePeople's Republic ofBulgaria, addressed toRajivGandhi, PrimeMinister ofIndia,dated30April1985". (i)Document CD/633, dated15August1985,submitted bythedelegation ofAustralia andbyNewZealand, entitled "SouthPacific Nuclear FreeZone Treaty"• 57.Inconnection withagendaitem2,consultations wereheldundertheguidance ofthePresident oftheConference duringthefirstpartofthesession to consider theprocedure tobefollowed bytheConference todealwiththisitem, including proposals fortheestablishment ofasubsidiary body,butnoagreement couldbereached. Atits309thplenary meeting, on18April1985,theConference hadbeforeitfordecision draftmandates foranadhoccommittee proposed bya GroupofSocialist Countries andtheGroupof21(CD/523 andCD/526, respectively). Indocument CD/523aproposal wasputforward forthe establishment ofanadhoccommittee fornegotiations tobegintheelaboration ofpractical measures forthecessation ofthenuclear armsraceandfornuclear disarmament inaccordance withparagraph 50oftheFinalDocument ofthe firstspecial sessionoftheGeneral Assembly devoted todisarmament, including anuclear disarmament programme. Indocument CD/526,itwasproposed thatthe Conference setupanadhoccommittee toelaborate thestagesandmeasures in paragraph 50oftheFinalDocument ofthefirstspecial sessionofthe General Assembly devoted todisarmament andtoidentify substantive issues formultilateral negotiations, assuggested indocuments CD/l16andCD/18l. TheGroupofSocialist Countries declared thatitwouldalsoacceptthemandate suggested bytheGroupof21.Therewasnoconsensus oneitherproposal, sincetheGroupofWestern Statesstatedthatitwasnotinaposition tojoin suchaconsensus forthe.reasonssetoutinparagraph 62. 58.Several delegations addressed various issuesrelating tothecessation ofthenuclear armsraceandnuclear disarmament atplenary meetings ofthe Conference. 59.TheGroupof21dep~ored thefactthattheConference onDisarmament had onceagainbeenprevented fromundertaking anyworkonitem2,theconsideration ofwhichforanother yearremained confined merelytostatements inplenary meetings. TheGroupof21stressed itsconviction thatallnations hada vitalinterest innegotiations onnuclear disarmament andthattheConference onDisarmament, asthesinglemultilateral negotiating bodyinthe'fieldof disarmament, shouldbeallowed tofulfilitsfunction andinitiate negotiations forthecessation ofthenuclear armsraceandnuclear disarmament. Tothat -20-ationof atement" • gation of ation ce ~i, ~gation Zone ;heguidance mto ;hisitem, lagreement !Conference losedbya lboration 'ornuclear ,he including thatthe uresin sues /181. emandate aI, tojoin atton fthe enthad sideration enary :ia ference Ldof :>tiations :>thatend,theGroupof21reiterated itsproposal fortheestablishment ofanadhoc committee andproposed thatitshouldsubmitrecommendations totheConference astohowbesttoinitiate multilateral negotiations ofagreements with adequate measures ofverification, inappropriate stages,forthecessation ofthequalitative improvement anddevelopment ofnuclear weapons systems; cessation oftheproduction ofalltypesofnuclear weapons andtheirmeansof delivery andtheproduction offissionable material forweapons purposes; and substantial reductions intheexisting nuclear weapons withaviewtotheir ultimate elimination. Groupof21delegations further expressed their conviction thatconcrete basesdidexistforbeginning serious negotiations onthesubject. Theyexpressed theirbeliefthatworkonalltheso-called nuclear itemsontheConference's agendacouldbeginsimultaneously without inanywaycompromising thenational security interests ofanyStateorgroup ofStates. Onthecontrary, thesedelegations argued, suchaneffortwould enhance thesecurity ofeveryone bycreating acUmateofdialogue and engagement. 60.IntheviewoftheGroupof21,theinitiation ofbil~teral negotiations between theUnionofSovietSocialist Republics andtheUnitedStates ofAmerica didnotde~ract fromtheneedformultilateral negotiations. The Groupwelcomed theagreement between thosetwocountries tobeginnegotiations
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing international relations and disarmament, specifically the efforts of the Conference on Disarmament to establish a committee to negotiate nuclear disarmament. The text mentions various countries and groups, such as the Group of Socialist Countries, the Group of 21, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is related to international politics and diplomacy.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology