to the Conference on Disarmament that ways and means should continue to be pursued in the light of ongoing and future developments. It was therefore generally agreed that the Ad Hoc Committee should be re-established at the beginning of the 1991 session. The PRESIDENT (translated from French): I thank the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for introducing the Committee's report and for the kind words he addressed to the President. I would like to thank him for the efforts he deployed in carrying out his task. I have no other speakers on my list for today. Does any other delegation wish to take the floor? It does not seem to be the case. As indicated in our programme, the Conference will hold an informal meeting, immediately following the plenary, to start the first reading of the technical part of the Conference's annual report to the General Assembly of the United Nations. The English text of the relevant document (CD/WP.388) was placed in the pigeon-holes of delegations on 8 August. The text in the other official languages is available today. After the informal meeting, if time permits, we shall continue considering the substantive paragraphs concerning item 2 and start consideration of the substantive paragraphs concerning item 3 of the Conference's agenda, which have been circulated as working documents CD/WP.391 and CD/WP.393, respectively. The Secretariat today circulated the timetable of meetings that the Conference and its subsidiary bodies are to hold next week. The timetable has been drawn up in consultation with the chairmen of the subsidiary bodies and, as usual, it is intended for guidance only and can be modified if necessary. If I hear no objection, I shall take it that the Conference wishes to adopt the timetable. It was so decided. I have no other matters on today's agenda and I therefore intend to 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report from a United Nations conference on disarmament, discussing the re-establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee and the agenda for the upcoming session. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting that the topic is highly specialized and technical. The lack of any mention of economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues suggests that the focus is not on these areas.

**Category**
International relations, Disarmament