,I.'.;If 1 REPORT OFTHE CONFERENCE ONDISARMAMENT .. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.27(Al40/27) UNITEDNATIONSREPORT OFTHE CONFERENCE ONDISARMAMENT GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS: FORTIETH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No.27(Al40/27) UNITEDNATIONS NewYork,1985NOTE SymbolsofUnitedNations documents arecomposed ofcapital letters combined with figures.Mentionofsuchasymbolindicates areference toaUnitedNationsdocument. ._-1 ..~[ORIGINAL: ARABIC/CHINESE/ENGLISH/ FRENCH/RUSSIAN/SPANISH) [3OCtober 1985) CONTENTS Matters Cl 0..a ..I)isarmament 0 D It..1985SESSION 0 ..I.INTRODUCTION •• III III Cl••a •Paragraphs Page 1 1 2 -21 1 2 -5 1 6 1 7 -13 2 14-15 6 16-19 7 20 7 21 7 22-115 7 26-54 11 55-68 19 69-93 24 94-96 33 97 99 113Conference ~••••••••..••.•.• Cl .. Expansion oftheMembership oftheConferenceB.Participants intheworkoftheConference •••••••••A.1985Session oftheConference ••••••••••••••••••••• E.D. Pa~ticipation ofStatesnotMembers ofthe A.Nuclear TestBan•••.••.•.....••.••.•..••••••..•.•.•F.Proposals fortheimproved andeffective functioning oftheConference ••••••••••••••••••••••C.Agendaforthe1985Session andProgramme ofwork fortheFirstandSecondPartsoftheSession •••••• DItChemical Weapons 0 ..G.Communications fromNon-Governmental Organizations • B.Cessation oftheNuclear ArmsRaceandNuclear E.Prevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace••••••••••C.'Prevention ofNuclear war,InclUding allRelated11.ORGANIZATION OFWORKOFTHECONFERENCE •••••••••••••••••• Ill.SUBSTANTIVE WORKOFTHECONFERENCE DURING ITS F.Effective International Arrangements toAssure Non-nuclear-weapon StatesAgainst theUseor ThreatofUseofNuclear Weapons ••••••••••••••••••• 100-101125 NewTypesofWeapons ofMass Destruc~ion andNew Systems ofSuchWeapons; Radiological Weapons •••••• 102-109127 -iii-CONTENTS (continued) ISHI ISH) H.Comprehensive Proqramme ofDisarmament •.•••••••••••• 11U-III 133 I.Consideration ofOtherAreasDealinq withthe Cessation oftheArmsRaceandDisarmament and OtherRelevant Measures ••••••..•••••••••.•••••.•••• 112-113 164 J.Consideratio~ andAdoption oftheAnnualReportof theConference andanyotherReportasappropriate totheGenara1 AssemblV oftheUnitedNations •••••• 114-115 164 I.Consolidated listofparticipants intheworkoftheConference •••• 165 11.Listandtextofdocuments issued bytheConference onDisarmament 1/ Ill.Indexofstatements bycountry andsubject andverbatim records of theConference onDisarmament 1/ 1/Tobeissuedasseparate volumes oftheReport. -iv--111 133I.INTRODUCTION .•TheConference onDisarmament submits tothef'ortieth session of'theUnited.Nations General Assembly itsannualreportonits1985session, togetherwiththepertinent documents andrecords. II.ORGANIZATION OFWORKOFTEECONFERENCE -113 -115 ei•••• nent1/ ~of164 164 165A.1985Session of'theConference 2.TheConference wasinsession f'rom5February to23Aprilandf'rom11Juneto30August1985.Duringthisperiod, theConference held.48f'ormalplenary meetings, atwhichmemberStatesaswellasnon-member Statesinvited toparticipate inthediscussions setf'orththeirviewsandreQommendations onthevarious questions bef'oretheConference. 3.TheConference alsoheld29informal meetings onitsagenda, programme of'work,organization andprocedures, aswellasonitemsof'itsagend.aandothermatters. 4.Inaccordance withrule9of'theRulesof'Procedure, thef'ollowing memberStatesassumed thePresidency of'theConference: theUnitedStates of'Americaf'orFebruar,y, Venezuela f'orMarch,Yugoslavia f'orAprilandtherecessbetweenthefirstandsecondpartsof'the1985session of'theConf'erence, Zairef'orJune,Algeria f'orJulyandArgentina f'orAugustandtherecessuntilthe1986sessionoftheConf'erence. 5.Af'terappropriate consultations, theSecretar,y-General of'theUnitedNationsappointed, ef'fective 1Januar,y 1985,Ambassador Miljan Komatina, f'onnerPennanentRepresentative of'Yugoslavia totheUnitedNations, asSecretar,y General of'theConf'erence, whoshallalsoactashisPersonal Representative. B.Participants intheworkof'theConf'erence
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