text: CD/PV.553 19 April 1990CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ENGLISH FINAL RECORD OF THE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THIRD PLENARY MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Thursday, 19 April 1990, at 10 a.m. President : Mr. Ahmad Kamal (Pakistan) GE.90-60781/1858B CD/PV.553 2 The PRESIDENT : I declare open the 553rd plenary meeting of the Conference on Disarmament. The Conference continues today, in accordance with its programme of work, further consideration of outstanding matters. As usual, in accordance with rule 30 of its rules of procedure, any member wishing to do so may raise any subject relevant to the work of the Conference. In that connection, I am pleased to inform the Conference that, today, the heads of the delegations of the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the bilateral negotiations on nuclear and space arms will make statements at this plenary meeting on the status of those negotiations. This is a welcome development which, I am sure, will be appreciated by all members, as this enhances the role of this Conference as the single multilateral negotiating body in the field of disarmament. I therefore extend a cordial welcome in our midst to Ambassadors Richard R. Burt and Yuri Nazarkin, as well as to Ambassador David Smith, who will also address us today. I should also like to note the presence among us of the new representative of Czechoslovakia to the Conference, Ambassador Juraj Krâlik, who is participating in our work for the first time today. Ambassador Krâlik is an old Geneva hand, and it gives me pleasure to extend to him a warm welcome on behalf of the Conference and pledge to him my personal co-operation and that of my own delegation.
analysis: This text appears to be related to international diplomacy and disarmament, which suggests that it falls under a category that is broader than a specific area of human activity. The text mentions the Conference on Disarmament, bilateral negotiations, and the presence of ambassadors, which further supports this hypothesis.