(c) Possibilities for the linitation of military options of aII States in order to ensure that, existing capabilities cannot be used for aggressive purposest (d) Facilitation of international measures for the verificalion of compliance with agreements in the field of disarmament and arms lituitation; (e) Steps to improve communications between Governments, particularly in areas of tension, by the establishment of "hot-Iines" and oEher methods of reducing the risk of conflictl (f) Advance notification of military exercises; (S) Expanded exchange of miliLary force data. Multilateral disarnament negotiations 15. The Conference on Disarmament, as the single nultilateral disarmament negotiating forum, has the responsibility for negotiating those agreements most amenable to multilateral consideration. For Australia, the nost urgent, of t,hese are a comprehensive nuclear-Eest,-ban treaty and a chemical weaPons convention. Both of these measures would have an indirect, but lasting effecE on efforts to prevent the ouLbreak of nuclear war. The prevention of nuclear nar itself is an agenda itern of the Conference on Disarmament. Australia believes Ehat the Conference should develop a work prograrnme that would enable it to address the ful] range of issues relevant to the prevention of nuclear war with a view to identifying measures and initiatives that the @nference might consider. 15. The Conference on Disarmament should examine all of the foregoing possibilit,ies in its ad hoc comrnittee on prevention of nuclear rdar and all related maEters. SPecific prevention of war measures and agreements The @nference on Disarmanent could in its ad hoc committee also consider specific measures and agreements for the prevention of war. The Confrence could; (a) Assess those factors which need to be negotiated by Ehe inEernational community with a view to reducing the risk of an outbreak of armed conflict in general and nuclear conflict in particular; (b) Iook at measures to prevent, in the first instance, conventional war;
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