in the number of meetings referred to by the Secre- Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The proposal . made by the Congress concerning the establishment tary was the Secretanat's response to the suggestion of an all-embracing international security system and contained in paragraph 23 (b) of document A/40/ 1102 regarding the curtailment of the Council's the programme for the elimination of nuclear weap- sessions by one week. ons by the year 2000, put forward by Mr. Gorbachev, were in harmony with the goals of the International 10. Mr. RAHIM (Bangladesh) proposed that the Year of Peace. The new Soviet proposals for the Council should start its morning meetings at 10 a.m. prohibition of chemical weapons, which would open rather than at 10.30 a.m. to make maximum use of the way to the early conclusion of an effective and the conference services available. verifiable international convention on their prohibi- 11. Mr. MINTSA ZUE ONDO (Gabon) supported tion and destruction, were also consistent with the that proposal. A good example had just been set by purposes of the Year. the UNICEF Executive Board in that respect. 18. The Soviet people hoped that the Year would 12. Mr. SEV AN (Secretary of the Council) said that provide the framework for practical steps to be taken the total of 36 meetings saved amounted in effect to in all countries towards the genuine deliverance of the equivalent of six working days. From the point of present and succeeding generations from the threat of view of the Secretariat, he saw no problem with a nuclear holocaust. The Soviet Union would con- regard to the proposal to start meetings at 10 a.m. It tinue to participate actively in efforts to implement would, however, require a commitment on the part the objectives of the Year. It was the noble duty of 
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