text: 67 ' rt shoutd be noted that' at, the thirty-ninth session of the ceneral Assembly,AusEralia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Gerrnany, Italy, Japan and Norwaysubmitted a draf t resolution (A/C.L/3T/L.40), bearing a double tit,le ,,prevention ofnuclear war, including all related matters: prevention of war in the nuclearage"' The draft resolution was int,roduced by Ehe Federal Republic of Gerrnany,which noted Ehat the first title was in line with the formulation of the agendaitems agreed upon in the Conference on Disarmament and that the second title wasdesigned to reflect Ehe draft resolutionrs comprehensive nature. In ttre view ofthe sponsors, t'he latter formulation provided an excellent description of theoverriding task at hand and they recommended its wider use. The draft resolutionwas subseguently revised and also sponsored by Denmark, Turkey and the unitedKingdon. The foltowing views luere stressed arpng others in the draft resolution: (a) ThaE the elimination of the threat .of alr armed confrict remains theultimate goal of disarmamenti (b) That all states should refrain in their international relations from thethreat or use of force againsl the Eerritorial integrity or political independenceof any stater dnd thus never should use any of their lreapons, except in theexercise of their inherent riEht of individual or collective self-defencei (c) That all States should maintain, as a priority objective of theirpolicies, the removal of the danger of war at any level of hostility, therebyprecluding the use of nuclear weapons i (d) That atl states should exercise rest,raint in their relations with ot,hers,should act in such a manner as to prevent the development of situations which couldcause dangerous exacerbation of their relations, should avoid militaryconfrontations and should prevent the outbreak of wartA/ 40/ 498 Engl ish Page 20 (e) That, the inportance of concluding agreement,s on militarily significant and verifiable reducEions of armament,s and forces, including nuclear armaments should be stressedi
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a draft resolution submitted to the United Nations General Assembly, focusing on the prevention of nuclear war and disarmament. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a discussion of international relations and security matters. The content also touches on the importance of reducing the threat of armed conflict and promoting peaceful relations between states.