text: Engl ish Page 16 working grouP. In Practice, substantive matters were discussed at plenary meetingsof the Committee. Proposals for the establishment of an ad hoc working group werealso considered in the Committee, but there rras no consensus on them. 55. At its thirty-eighth session, in 1983, the General Assembly took up once againthe question of prevention of nuclear war. At that session, the Soviet Union,together with other Eastern European States and Viet Nam, submitted a draftresolution by which the Assembly would express alarm at. the growing threat, of nuclear war, which could lead to the destruction of civilizaEion on Earthr andunconditionally and for all time condemn nuclear war as being contrary to human conscience and reason, as the worst crime against peoples and as a violation of theforenost human right - the right to life. The Assembly would also condemn thefornulation, propounding, dissemination and propaganda of poliEical and militarydoctrines and concepts intended to provide "legitimacy" for the first use ofnuclear weapons and in general to justify the "admissibilityn of unleashing nuclearwar. In submitting the draft resolution, the Soviee Union stated that, by adoptingit' the United NaEions would make a major contribution to the creation of aninternational moral and political climate likely to reduce substantially the dangerof an outbreak of nuclear r,tar and open up nore favourabfe prospects for thesolution of far-reaching tasks, such as the conclusion of an international convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons with the parEicipationof all the nuclear-vteapon States, as called for by many non-aligned countries.
analysis: The text appears to be discussing international relations and diplomacy, specifically regarding the prevention of nuclear war and the condemnation of its use. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a high-level meeting or resolution. The focus on international politics and moral and political climate also points towards an international relations context.