ad hoc committee. Consultations were held concerning the guestion of establishing an ad hoc comnittee. Towards the end of the session, the Group of 2l made a formal proposal (CDrl515), which was meant to represenE the lowest, common denominator of the positions held by various delegations in the Conference concerning item 3. The proposal called for the establishment of an ad hoc committee to consider all proposals relevant to the agenda item, including appropriaEe and practical measures for t,he prevenEion of nuclear war. The proposal was put before the Conference for decision. I! was supported by lhe group of socialist countries, although they regarded it as a mininum mandate for an ad hoc committee to deal with the problem. China also supported the proposal. However, western delegations could not support it. 63. ArEent,ina stressed that Ehere is no political issue that could justify the use of nuclear weapons, since such weapons are qualitatively different from other type of weapons. The prevention of nuclear lrar is therefore a question reguiring urgent treatmen!, and the dilernna that confronts hurnanity is indeed Eo eliminate nuclear weapons or perish. 64. India considered Ehat a substantive consideration of the item by Ehe Conference on Disarmament with a view to reaching agreement, or agreenents ltas essential. Measures to prevent nuclear war musE be achieved even before the equally urgenE, task of nuclear disarmarent. India reiterated the need for a separate set of measures of irnnediate and pracEical nature Eo cope with and contain the menace of nuclear weapons pendinE their cornplete elimination. 65. At its thirty-ninth session, the General Assembly adopted resolution 39,/148 D on 17 December 1984, by 101 votes to 19, with 17 abstentions. In Ehat resolution, the Assembly, in addition to reiterating the terms of the operative part of its
**Analysis**
The text appears to discuss a diplomatic meeting and the establishment of an ad hoc committee to address the issue of preventing nuclear war. The proposals and discussions mentioned in the text are focused on international relations, disarmament, and security, rather than any specific economic, environmental, or social issue.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology