soastoultimately eliminate nuclear weapons fromtheEarth. Theyviewedwith considerable alarm.thereports aboutprojected build-up ofnuclear weapons according towhichonemajornuclear-weapon Statewastonearlydoublethenumber ofitsnuclear weapons bytheendofthecurrent decade. Notingthatno information wasavailable abouttheothermajornuclear-weapon State,they pointedout,nonetheless,thatthiswasbcundtoleadtoanother roundinan unceasing nuclear armsrace. 61.Manydelegations statedthatsomenuclear-weapon Stateshadnotyetgiven convincing reasonsforrejecting allproposals foranuclear freeze•.They deplored therejection oftheproposals foranuclear freeze bysomenuclear­ weaponStatesandtheiralliesonthebasisofshifting andsubjective notions aboutparityofnuclear forcesbetween thelargest nuclear-weapon States. These delegations further notedthatthenuclear weaponsinpossession ofeachofthe twomajornuclear-weapon Powersweresufficient todestroy theEarthnotoncebut manytimesover.Thesedelegations alsostressed thattherewasaglaring inconsistency intheassertion ofsomenuclear-weapon Statesaboutthealleged unverifiabili tyofafreezeontheonehandandtheproclaimed self-assurance of thesameStatesabouttheirtechnological ability tolocate ~henuclear weapons oftheiradversary forultimate interception undertheStarWarsplan. -23-Id 'fIi 68.Otherdelegations rejeoted theassertions madeinthepreoeding paragraph. C.Prevention ofNuolear War,Inoluding allRelated Matters 69.Theitemontheagendaentitled "Prevention ofnuclear war,including all related matters" wasoonsidered bytheConferenoe, inaocordance withitsprogramme ofwork,duringtheperiods 18-22:Marchand8-12July1985. 70.Thefollowing documents weresubmitted totheConference inconnection withtheiternduringthe1985session: (a)Document CD/515/Rev.l, dated18July1985,submitted bytheGroupof21, entitled "DraftMandate foranAdHocCommittee onItem3oftheAgendaoftheConferenoe onDisarmament". (b)Document CD/569, dated21February 1985,submitted b,ythedelegationoftheUnionofSovietSocialist Republics, entitled "Answer oftheGeneralSecretary oftheCentral Committee oftheCommunist Part,yoftheSovietUnionandPresident ofthePresidium oftheSupreme SovietoftheUSSR,K.U.Chemenko, totheCommunication oftheArgentine Movement 'Appeal of100fortheSakeofLife'published on14February 1985". (c)Document CD/578, dated18March1985rsubmitted bythedelegation oftheFederal Republic ofGermany, entitled "Working Paper: Prevention ofNuclear War,Including allRelated Matters -Issuesf;)rConsideration bytheConference" • (d)Docume:n 1•CD/581, dated27March1985,submitted bythedelegation;) fAustralia, entitled "Prevention ofNuclear War". (e)Document CD/592, dated29April1985,submitted bythedelegation ofCzechoslovakia, entitled "Statement ofaGroupofSocialist Countries inconnection withtheFortieth Anniversary oftheVictory overHitleriteFascism". (f)Document CD/603, andAdd.l,dated25June1985,transmitted bytheUnitedNations Secretariat, entitled "Report oftheSecretary-General onPrevention ofNuclear War(resolution 39/148p)". (g)Document en/608,'dated8July1985,submitted b,ythedelegation ofRomania, entitled ''Working Paper: ~vention ofNuclear War,Including all.Related Matters". 71.Inconnection withagendaitem3,consultationswereheldmdertheguidanceofthePresident oftheCo~erenge toconsider anappropriate organizationalarrangement todealwiththeitem,includiDg proposals fortheestablishment ofasubsidiary body,butnoagreement couldbereached duringthoseconsultations. 72.Atthe325thplenary meeting on30July1985,theConference hadbefore itfordecision adraftmandate foranadhoccommi.tteeonagendaitem3,proposed bytheGroupof21(en/5l5/Rev.l). Undertheproposed mandate, theadhoccommittee would,asafirststep,consider allproposals relevant toagendaitem3,including appropriate andpractical measures forthepreventionofnuclear war.Theproposal oftheGroupof21wassupported bytheGroup -24-lingparagraph. inoluding all withits 985. conneotion with theGroupof21, Agendaofthe ledelegation leGeneral 30vietUnionand .Chemenko, to lSakeofLifeI lelegationof iionof iionbythe ,elegation,)f elegation of iesin riteFasoism". tedbythe I:'alon ~gationof ldingall ~rtheguidanoe lizational Lblishment of lonsultations. adbefore ,tem3, :date,the evantto ,prevention
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