expressed their willingness to start negotiations on SNF and nuclear artillery in Europe. As far as the role of the remaining nuclear weapons is concerned, these weapons will truly be weapons of last resort. In the coming years those changes will also influence our discussion on security assurances toward non-nuclear-weapon States. My Government considers this issue to be of utmost importance; we regret the lack of results in the Ad hoc Committee on this issue. Very soon most delegations present in this room will start their participation in the Fourth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The NPT remains one of the most outstanding negotiating achievements and successful treaties of our time: CD/PV.568 5 (Mr, Wagenmakers. Netherlands) a corner-stone for international stability. The support and commitment of the twelve member States of the European Community to the objective of nuclear non-proliferation were both clearly brought into focus by the important declaration on nuclear non-proliferation by- the European Council in Dublin on 25 and 26 June last, the first of its kind by the Twelve. Allow me to quote the following: "The twelve member States of the European Community, parties to the NPT or not, will work actively to secure a successful outcome to the discussions which will take place in the forthcoming months, and in particular the deliberations of the Fourth Review Conference of the NPT, and hope that those discussions will provide stable and assured solutions to the problems encountered by the international community in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons". End of quotation. It goes without saying that my delegation will be working to the best of its abilities for a successful outcome of the Review Conference, if possible through a substantive final declaration documenting the implementation of the Treaty provisions and the commitments in the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement by a government representative discussing the topic of nuclear weapons and non-proliferation. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is related to international relations and treaties. The mention of the Fourth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the European Council's declaration on nuclear non-proliferation further support this hypothesis.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology