3. Australia has given and t,ill concinue to give full support to the objectivesand activities of Disarnanent $leek, rt tras with regret, therefore, that Austrariafelt constrained to again abstain on the resolution on Di.sarmanent Week (39,/148 B)at the tbirtv-ninth Session of the General Assenblv. Australia 1s concerned thatsuch a resolution could result in imporlant specialized agencies of the UnitedNations. such as the International Atonic Energy Agency, noving outside their areasof conpetence. thereby wasting scarce Eesources, duplicating activities andjeopardizing their technical, non-oolitical functions. Auserali.a is also concernedarrout possible lotalitarian inplications of the reference in the resoLution to "mobilising world public opi.nion". Australia hopes that the sponsora of therelevant resolution wilt take these viees into account and subnit a resolutioncapable of attracting a consensus at the fortielh session of the ceneral Assenbly.A/40/552 EngI i sh Page 5 BULGARIA IOrig inal: Russian] [2s ApriI I9851 1. fn response to the appeal nade at the first special session devoted todisarnanent, a rreek dedicated to pronoting the goals of disarnanent uas uldelyobserved in the Peopres Republic of Bulgaria in 1984. During the preparations forthe teek. elements of the nodel progranne for Disarnanent t{eek, ttre declarationproclalming lhe decade of lhe 1980s the second Disarnanent Decade aod the t'lorrdDj.sarmanent Campaign were taken into consideration. 2. To mark United Nations Day and Disarmanent Week. public assenblies andrneetinqs erere held in Sofia, plovdiv, Varna and other cities and villages inBulgaria. At the cerenonial toeeting in Sofia, a telegram to the United Nations Sec retary-Genera I on the occasion of United Nations Day was adopted. 3. !4ay I,as procl-ained by Bulgari.an youth a nonth of canpaigning for peace anddisarnament and for the establishnen! of a nuc rear -weapon-free zone i,n the Barkanpeninsula. In Novemberr a neeting of young auChors fron the Balkan countri,es washeld in sofia on the topic 'peace, friendship and co-operation, and the transformatj.on of the Balkans into a nuc lear -reapon-free zonetr. 4. On the initiative of the Bulgarian youtb, a petition tas announced and an Appeal to the Youth of the Balkan Countries was adopted, which called for
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement or report, discussing the country's stance on disarmament and its efforts to promote peace and international cooperation. It mentions specific events and initiatives, such as public assemblies, meetings, and petitions, which suggests a focus on international relations and diplomacy rather than economic or social development.

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International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief