"TheConference requests theAdHocCommittee, indischarging thatresponsibility, toexamine, asafirststepatthisstage,through substantiveandgeneral consideration, issuesrelevant totheprevention ofanarmsraceinouterspace. "TheAdHocCommittee willtakeintoaccountallexisting agreements, eeXisting proposals andfutureinitiatives andreportontheprogress ofitsworktotheConference onDisarmament beforetheendofits1985session. "II.Organization ofworkanddocuments ""2.Atits314thplenary meeting on20June1985,theConference onDisarmamentappointed Ambassador SaadAlfarargi (Egypt) asChairman oftheAdHocCommittee.MissAidaLuisaLevin,UnitedNations Department ofDisarmament Affairs, servedastheCommittee's Secretary. "3.TheAdHocCommittee held20meetings between 24Juneand26August1985. "4.Attheirrequest, theConference onDisarmament decided toinvitetherepresentatives ofthefollowing States no~members oftheConference toparticipate inthemeetings oftheAdHocCommittee: Austria, Denmark, Finland,Greece, Ireland, NewZealand, NorwayandSpain. "5.TheAdHocCommittee hadbeforeitthefollowing documents relating totheagendaitemsubmitted totheConference .onDisarmament duringthe1985session: CD/579 CD/584 CD/606 CD/607China's BasicPusition onthePrevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace; Decision ontheestablishment ofanAdHocCommittee onItem5oftheAgendaentitled: "Prevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace"; Letterdated2July1985fromthePermanent Representative ofCanadatransmitting atwovolumecompendium ofCDVerbatimRecords andWorking Paperssubmitted totheConference onthesubject ofthePrevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace; "Prevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace", Working paperofagroupofsocialist countries (alsoissuedasCD/OS/WP.3); -114- .:·..1::.::.CD/6ll lIlament lt theCD/6l8 ~m5 CD/637 lye linCD/639 workLetterdated9July1985addressed tothePresident ofthe Conference onDisarmament fromtheRepresentative oftheUSSR transmitting thetextofthereplyoftheGeneralsecretary oftheCentral Committee oftheCommunist Partyofthe SovietUnion,Mr.Mikhail Gorbachev, totheUnionofConcerned Scientists, published on6July1985; "Survey ofInternational LawRelevant toArmsControl and OuterSpace", submitted byCanada(alsoissuedasCD/os/wp.6); "Principal international agreements whichapplyorotherwise relatedirectly orindirectly toouterspace", working paper submitted bytheUnitedKingdom (alsoissuedasCD/OS/WP.7); Letterdated21August1985addressed tothePresident ofthe Conference onDisarmament bytheRepresentative ofthe UnionofSovietSocialist Republics transmitting thetextsof Documents connected withtheUSSRproposal "Thebasic:';irections andprinciples ofinternational co-operation inpeaceful . exploration ofouterspaceunderconditions ofits nonmilita~ization". "Inaddition, theCommittee hadbeforeitthefollowing working papers::ment ,tee. ved 5. and,CD/OS/WP.1 CD/OS/WP.2 CD/OS/WP.3 CD/O§/WP.4 CD/OS/WP.5 CD/os/wp.6 CD/OS/Wr'.7 CD/OS/Wp.8 CD/OS/WP.9Listofdocuments oftheConference onDisarmament relating toagendaitem5:"Prevention ofanArmsRaceinOuter Space"; ListofGeneral Assembly resolutions relating to agendaitem5transmitted totheSecretary-General ofthe UnitedNations totheConference onDisarmament; P~evention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace,Working Paper ofagroupofsocialist countries (alsoissuedasCD/607); Programme ofworkfortheAdHocCommittee onthe Prevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace,proposed bya groupofsocialist countries; 1985Programme ofWork; "Survey ofInternational LawRelevant toArmsControl andOuterSpace", submitted byCanada(alsoissuedas CD/6l8); "Principal international agreements whichapplyorotherwise relatedirectly orindirectly toouterspace", working papersubmitted bytheUnitedKingdom (alsoissuedas CD/637); Proposals ofSwedenrelating toprevention ofanarms raceinouterspace; Conclusil:>ns drawnbyagroupofsocialist countries from theconsideration bytheAdHocCommittee oftheissues included initsprogramme ofwork. -115-"12.Thesam threat·ofthe threatstemme whichisnot anddeploymen "13.Thesed andothercon Theseconsequ threatofthe directions an oftheprospe tension; vas andobstacles "14.Someot heritage ofm outerspacesh SCiCltltific, ec thegenuine co theprevention outerspaceis thatthefirst surrounding th permitted, wha attention. Th, basictermsas activities in thatcontributl agreements. IJ protection ofi regarding the thatproteotio given. Inthe toprevent an apriorcommonmankindinth
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the prevention of an arms race in outer space, including the examination of existing agreements, proposals, and initiatives. It also mentions the consideration of scientific and international law aspects related to outer space. This suggests that the text is focused on international relations and diplomacy rather than a specific economic or social issue.

**Category**
Science and technology, International relations