text: 61. General Assembly resolution 39,/lg3 M of 20 December I9g3, co-sponsored byseveral non-aligned countries and one neutral country, was adopted by f33 votisto I (the united states), with 14 abstentions (htestern countries and China) . rnthat resolution, the Assembly, inter aliar recalled the relevant provisions of theFinal Document of the Tenth speciat session of the General Assembly, Ehe firstspecial session devoted to disarmanent, and solemnly reaffirmed: (a) the specialresponsibiliEies of the nuclear-weapon States for nuclear disarmament and forundertaking measures to prevent nuclear war and to hall the nuclear-arns race in Fron 7 February 1984, on Disarmament is to Records of the GeneralConmitteeOfficialthe date be knownof commencement of its annual session, theas the ttOonference on Disarmamenttt (see lA/38/27',t, para. 2f).AssemblThirt hEhsron lemen E,A/ 40 / 498 Engl ish Page 18 all its aspects; (b) the vital interest of a1I peoples of Ehe world in the success of disarrnament negotiations and the conseguent, duty of all States to contribute to efforts in the field of disarmamentr (c) Ehe central role and primary responsibility of Ehe United Nations in the sphere of disarmament. The Assembly also requested the nuclear-weapon States Eo submit annual rePorts to it on Ehe measures and steps taken by Ehem, jointly or individually, in the discharge of the special. responsibilit,ies incunbent uSron them for the prevention of nuclear war and for halting and reversing the nuclear-arms race. 52. At the 1984 session of the Conference on Disarmanent, Ehe question of "Prevention of nuclear nar, including all related malters" was included in Ehe Conferencers agenda as a separate iEem (item 3). A group of socialist countries circulated a working paper on the prevention of nuclear war ICD/484',. ProPosals for the establishment of an ad hoc commitcee were submitted by the Group of 21 and by a group of socialist countries. China also supported the establishment of an
analysis: The text appears to be discussing international relations and disarmament, with a focus on the United Nations and its member states. It mentions resolutions, conferences, and working papers, which suggests a context of international diplomacy and cooperation. The topics discussed, such as nuclear disarmament, prevention of nuclear war, and the role of the United Nations, are all related to international security and global governance.