been accepted bv all nuclear Powers. We highly welcome the agreement on setting up the Ad hoc Committee on a NTB, as the culmination of year-long efforts to have the Conference take part in resolving this key issue of nuclear disarmament and so confirm its role in treating nuclear issues. We are grateful to Ambassador Donowaki of Japan, who, together with Ambassador Yamada, successfully carried out consultations which led to a reasonably balanced mandate. The Conference is a representative enough body that cannot avoid its responsibility in treating this problem, especially now when the time of deep re-evaluation of all military and defence doctrines has begun. We are convinced that the Conference can give a significant contribution to this CD/PV.567 6 (Mr. Kosin, Yugoslavia) issue in spite of the differences of opinions. We hope that the founding of the Committee will be an opportunity for a genuine debate on this key issue. The mandate itself offers a sufficient framework for a well-structured exchange of views as a basis for next year's substantial work. We believe that this exchanae of views should not be a repetition of well-known positions on nuclear disarmament, but a focused, substantial discussion on specific, concrete aspects of the nuclear test ban. For five years already, in its Committee, the Conference has been dealing with the problem of preventing the arms race in outer space. The results are not only modest, but it is hard to qualify them even as symbolic. We do not wish to underestimate the qualitv of the debate, the significance of proposals submitted, the clarification of certain problems, but neither to overlook the fact that we are lagging behind the development of space technologies and that there is an increasing number of countries capable of participating in the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement discussing the establishment of a committee to address the issue of nuclear disarmament. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is related to international relations and disarmament. The text does not mention economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, or culture. It seems to be focused on the scientific and technological aspects of nuclear disarmament, specifically the nuclear test ban.

**Category**
Science and technology, International relations