attainment ofthisgoal,thecountries possessing thelargest nuclear arsenals shouldtaketheleadandstoptesting, improving andmanufacturing nuclear weapons andreducedrastically theirexisting nuclear weapons. Afterthat,corresponding measures should betakenbytheothernuclear-weapon Statesaccording toa reasonable ratioandprocedure.] Recommendation No.13 [Anagreement givingfulllegally binding forcetoacommitment byall nuclear-weapon Statesnottobethefirsttousetheseterrible weapons ofmass destruction shouldbeconcluded.] [Pending theadoption ofaconvention onprohibition oftheuseorthreatof useofnuclear weapons byallnuclear-weapon States, declarations byall nuclear-weapon States, collectively orindividually, onnon-first-use ofnuclear weapons wouldbeameansofstrengthening theclimate ofconfidence andafirst steptowards lessening theriskofnuclear conflict.] [Inaccordance withrelevant provisions oftheCharter, Statesshouldnever useanyweaponexcept inexercise oftheinherent rightofindividual and collective self-defence.] Recommendation No.14 [Aconvention onprohibition oftheuseorthreatofuseofnuclear weapons bv allnuclear-weapon Statesshould beurgently negotiated andadopted, pending effective measures ofnuclear disarmament.1 -25-Textproposed asanalternative torecommendations 13and14 [Reaffirming theprohibition ofthethreatoruseofforceundertheCharter oftheUnitedNations, Statesshouldcommitthemselves, collectively or individually, nevertobethefirsttouseanyweapon, nuclear orconventional, exceptinexercise oftheinherent rightofindividual orcollective self-defence.] Recommendation No.15 [Inviewofthedangerposedtoallmankind byanarmsraceinouterspace,in particular theimpending dangerofexacerbating thecurrent stateofinsecurity by developments thatcouldfurther undermine international peaceandsecurity, the Conference onDisarmament shouldurgently undertake negotiations fortheconclusion ofanagreement oragreements, asappropriate, toprevent anarmsraceinallits aspects inouterspace.] Recommendation No.16 [Pending moreeffective measures ofnuclear disarmament, Statesshould co-operate inthedevelopment ofacomprehensive setofmeasures fortheprevention ofnuclear warandofallarmedconflict. Theseshouldinclude awidearrayof confidence-building measures, including measures relating tonuclear weapons, tobe negotiated inappropriate frameworks, forregional orglobalapplication.] Recommendation No.17 Ca)[Thenuclear weapons deployed bynuclear-weapon Statesoutside theirown territories should bewithdrawn. Inregions wheretheconcentration ofnuclear weapons hasattained themost dange~ous levels, asaninterim measure, alltactical nuclear weapons insuchregions should beurgently removed. Nofuturedeployments ofanvnuclear weapons should becarried out.] Cb)[Inregions whereanaccumulation ofmilitary forcesexists, theseshould bereduced inamutual, balanced andverifiable manner.] Recomme~dation No.18 [Thenuclear-weapon Statesshouldrefrain frommilitary manoeuvres inwhich nuclear energyisusedfornon-peaceful purposes, especially insituations where nuclear armaments aredeployed incloseproximity ofStatesnotpossessing nuclear weapons, thusendangering theirsecurity.] Recommendation No.19 Textproposed bytheChairman Bearing inmindthatthenuclear-weapon Statesshouldguarantee that non-nuclear-weapon Stateswillnotbethreatened orattacked withnuclear weapons andunilateral declarations madeinthiscontext, negotiations shouldproceed without del~yfortheconclusion ofanagreedinternational instrument ofeffective international arrangements toassurenon-nuclear-weapon States, without any discrimination, against theuseorthreatofuseofnuclear weapons. -26-in Iy on on be n al s Id rProposals concerning theabovetext (a)Inline5,delete"all"; (b)Inlines5and6.delete"without anydiscrimination". Proposed alternative toChairman's text [Bearing inmindthatthenuclear-weapon Statesshouldeffectively assurethe non-nuclear-weapon Statesagainst theuseorthreatofuseofnuclear weapons, and notingtheunilateral declarations madeinthiscontext, theCommission considers
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, with recommendations for reducing and eliminating nuclear arsenals, preventing the use of nuclear weapons, and promoting international cooperation. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that it may be a document from an international organization or a treaty.

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