statement and the kind words he had for the President. I now give the floor to the representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ambassador Nasseri. Mr. NASSERI (Islamic Republic of Iran): In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Mr. President, allow me at the outset to express my congratulations to you for presiding over our work in the month of August. You have all the confidence and support of my delegation in discharging the weighty responsibility of fructifying the laborious job of the Conference on Disarmament for 1990. I also wish to express my deep gratitude and appreciation to our previous President, the distinguished Ambassador of Peru, for the excellent manner in which he conducted our work at this Conference. I have pleasure today, Mr. President, in presenting the advance copy of the national trial inspection carried out in the Islamic Republic of Iran to assess the degree of applicability of the procedures and provisions of the convention we have agreed upon so far. It was not too difficult to gain the support and, in fact, the decision of the Government to move forward with the inspection, because it was well in line with the importance and serious attention that my country attaches to the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on the prohibition of the production, development and use of chemical weapons. To receive the full and solid co-operation of all the departments, institutions and industry concerned proved, however, to be a more demanding task, and it required tireless efforts by the organizers to enable them to carry on with the inspection as originally planned and to meet the schedule. The aim, as I said, was to evaluate how far the agreed provisions are applicable and also to provide the possibility of sharing the views and 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech by the Ambassador of Iran to the Conference on Disarmament, discussing the country's national trial inspection on the applicability of procedures and provisions related to the prohibition of chemical weapons. The speech does not mention specific economic or industrial activities, nor does it focus on natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, transport, communication, international trade, health, education, employment, or humanitarian aid. However, it does mention the importance of a comprehensive convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons, which suggests a connection to international diplomacy and disarmament.

**Category**
International diplomacy, Science and technology