gratified to have the floor today when you, as the representative of Romania, are assuming the presidency of the Conference on Disarmament. To your experience and skill in conducting our proceedings, I should like to add my delegation's pledge to support you as far as possible. My delegation also greatly appreciates the message addressed to the Conference by your country's Minister for Foreign Affairs. I should also like to take this opportunity to convey my sincere thanks to Ambassador Bogumil Sujka for his wise leadership throughout the month of July, of which the significant results that we achieved are a tangible expression. I should also like to pay tribute to Ambassador Mitsuro Donowaki and his predecessor, Ambassador Yamada, who, by their experience and persistence, made possible the establishment of the Ad hoc Committee to deal with the topic of a nuclear test ban. We hope that, as from 1991, that Committee will be able to embark on substantive discussions concerning the structure and scope of a convention that will ban nuclear testing in all environments. To have achieved such a result after six years of untiring efforts is undoubtedly a first step in the right direction. We are convinced that rather than being the product of a specific set of circumstances, the important achievement on item 1 of our agenda is a genuine reflection of our resolve to avoid any further postponement of substantive work of the negotiation of a definitive nuclear-test-ban treaty. In this connection, my delegation hopes for a successful outcome to the work of the Group of Scientific Experts which is now meeting. It is proper that we recall every now and then, as we frequently do, that this is the only multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, but we must not forget either that negotiation for the sake of negotiation is not an end in
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech made by a representative of a country in a multilateral disarmament conference. The speech focuses on the progress made in the conference, specifically on the establishment of an Ad hoc Committee to deal with a nuclear test ban, and expresses hopes for a successful outcome to the work of a Group of Scientific Experts. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating that the topic is of international significance and requires careful consideration.

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