delegation's gratitude to the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on item 4, Ambassador Hyltenius, for having conducted this session's work with much competence and perseverance and, in addition, for having continued the tradition created by his predecessor. Ambassador Morel, of holding contact meetings with the non-Member States - which, indeed, must appear most indicated in view of their increased number and the declared goal of universality of the chemical weapons convention. Furthermore, we think that the most useful role played by the Swedish delegation, above all in the CW negotiations, deserves full recognition and shows clearly that the size of the population of a country does not necessarily reflect its possibilities or its limitations of making a precious contribution in a particular matter of worldwide interest. I can only regret that it was not practical for us to give more support to the Committee's endeavours. For small delegations with a rather modest back-up it is, as a matter of fact, quite a demanding task to serve this Conference effectively, particularly in technical matters, and not to content themselves with mere talking. That is why, admittedly a little bit late, we are striving to make a build-up, and that is, on the other hand, also the reason why our delegation has, up to this day, rarely asked for the floor in order to avoid needless delay. CD/PV.572 8 (Mr, Ochsner. Switzerland) Now to the points I would like to bring forward in all due brevity. First, a word on the state of our work in the light of the political goal No. 1 of a possible CW convention, namely universality. As every newcomer realizes nearly right from the beginning, multilateral negotiations on an extremely complex and complicated matter require from everybody, particularly from the working group leaders, and the chairman, a patience 
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