text: submitted areportcontaining thereplies received fromMemberStates (A/CN.lO/68 andAdd.l-6). 23.Inpursuance ofparagraph 1ofGeneral Assembly resolution 39/151 G,the Secretary-General, byanoteverbale dated4February 1985,invited MemberStates tocommunicate theirviewsandsuggestions onwaysandmeansbywhichtheUnited Nations couldmoreeffectively exercise itscentral roleandprimary responsibility inthefieldofdisarmament. TheSecretary-General subsequently submitted areport containing thereplies received fromMemberStates (A/CN.IO/69 andAdd.1-5 and A/CN.IO/71). 24.Pursuant toparagraph 4ofGeneral Assembly resolution 39/151I,the Secretary-General, byanoteverbale dated4February 1985,invited MemberStates toexpress theirviewsconcerning thequestion ofcurbing thenavalarmsrace. The Secretary-General SUbsequently submitted areportcontaining thereplies received fromMemberStates (A/CN.IO/70 andAdd.1-4). B.Documents submitted byMemberStates 25.InthecourseoftheCommission's work,thefollowing documents dealing with substantive questions weresubmitted: (a)Letterdated24April1985fromthePermanent Representative ofthe Republic ofCameroon totheUnitedNations addressed totheSecretary-General transmitting adocument entitled "Review oftheroleoftheUnitedNations inthe fieldofdisarmament", prepared bytheGovernment ofCameroon (A/eN.IO/71») (b)Letterdated9May1985fromthePermanent Representative of Czechoslovakia totheUnitedNations addressed totheSecretary-General transmitting astatement bythedelegations oftheByelorussian SovietSocialist Republic, theCzechoslovak Socialist Republic, theGermanDemocratic Republic, the Hungarian People's Republic, theMongolian People's Republic, thePeople's Republic ofBUlgaria, thePolishPeople's Republic, theUkrainian SovietSocialist Republic andtheUnionofSovietSocialist Republics intheUnitedNations Disarmament Commission inconnection withthefortieth anniversary ofthevictory overnazism andfascism intheSecondWorldWar(A/CN.IO/72») -9- r(c)Working paperentitled "Curbing thenavalarmsrace:limitation and reduction ofnavalarmaments andextension ofconfidence-building measures toseas andoceans", submitted byBulgaria, theGermanDemocratic Republic andtheUnionof SovietSocialist Republics (A/CN.IO/73 andCorr.l)J (d)Letterdated14May1985fromtheheadofthedelegation oftheUnionof SovietSocialist Republics addressed totheChairman oftheDisarmament Commission transmitting thetextofthereplyofM.S.Gorbachev, General Secretary ofthe Central Committee oftheCommunist PartyoftheSovietUnion,totheNational Council oftheFrenchRepUblican Association ofWarveterans andVictims (A/CN.IO/74)J (e)Working paperentitled "Review oftheDeclaration ofthe1980sasthe Second Disarmament Decade", submitted byIndiaandNigeria (A/CN.IO/75). -10-26.Atit consensus therein r submitthe Subsequent reportto 27.Ther asfollows "1. estab item "2. "3. befor Repub disan Germal Spain, (A/CN, Commi. workil Commi worki Commi worki Union Disar "4. compi annexIV.CONCLUSIONS ANDRECOMMENDATIONS 26.Atits97thmeeting, on29May,theDisarmament Commission adopted by consensus thereports ofitssubsidiary bodiesandtherecommendations contained therein reqarding items4(a)and(b),5,6,7,8and9ofitsagenda andagreedto submitthetextsofthesereports, recorded below,totheGeneral Assembly. Subsequently, atits98thmeeting on30May,theCommission adopted asawholeits reporttotheGeneral Assembly atitsfortieth session. 27.ThereportoftheCommittee oftheWholeonagendaitems4(a)and(b)reads asfollows: "Report oftheCommittee oftheWholeonagendaitem4(a)and(b) "1.Atits1stmeeting, on13May1985,theCommittee oftheWhole established aContact Group, opentoalldelegations, todealwithagenda item4(a)and(b),underthechairmanship oftheChairman oftheCommission. "2.Atits2ndmeeting, on14May1985,theCommittee oftheWholehada general exchange ofviewsonagenda item4(a)and(b). "3.TheContact Groupheldfourmeetings between 15and24May1985.Ithad beforeitthefollowing documents: "(a)Working paperonagendaitem4submitted bytheGermanDemocratic Republic (A/CN.lO/1985/CW/WP.l); "(b)Working paperentitled "General approach tonuclear andconventional disarmament negotiations", submitted byBelgium, Canada, Denmark, France,
analysis: The text appears to be related to international relations and diplomacy, specifically discussing the United Nations Disarmament Commission's work on disarmament and arms control. The reports and documents submitted by member states and the Commission's discussions on ways to curb the naval arms race and limit nuclear and conventional armaments suggest that the category is likely related to international security and disarmament.