text: President madeastatement notingthattherewasnoneedtore-establish the AdHooCommittee ontheComprehensive Programme ofDisarmament andthatits Chairman woulddetermine themostappropriate timeforthebeginning ofwork inthatsubsidiary body.Atits304thplenary meeting on29March1985,the Conference alsodecidedtoestablish anAdHocCommittee onitem5oftheagenda entitled "Prevention ofanarmsraceinouterapace"(CD/584). Somedelegations madestatements inthatconnection. TheConference further decided, atits 326thplenary meeting on1A~ust1985,tore-establish theAdHocCommittee dealing withtheitemontheagenda,entitled "Effective International Arrangements toAssureNon-nuclear-weapon StatesAgainst theUseorThreatof UseofNuclear Weapons" (CD/628). -5-(b)Therepresentative ofPortugal toparticipate during1985inthe plenary meetings andinthesubsidiary bodiesonChemical Weapons, Radiological Weapons andtheComprehensive Programme ofDisarmament. -6-(g)Therepresentative ofSwitzerland toparticipate during1985inthe plenary meetings andinthesubsidiary bodiesonChemical Weapons and Radiological Weapons, aswellasintheAdHocGroupofScientific Expertsto Consider International Co-operative Measures toDetectandIdentify Seismic Events.(f)Therepresentatives ofBurundi andTU~keytoparticipate during1985 intheplenary meetings andinthesubsidiary bodiesonChemical Weapons andthe Comprehensive Programme ofDisarmament.(c)Therepresentatives ofAustria andGreecetoparticipate during1985in theplenary meetings andinthesubsidiary bodiesonChemical Weapons, Prevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpaceandEffective International Arrangements toAssure Non-nuclear-weapon StatesAgainst theUseorThreatofUseofNuclear Weapons. (d)Therepresentatives ofDenmark, Ireland andNewZealand toparticipate during1985intheplenary meetings andinthesubsidiary bodiesonChemical Weapons andPrevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace. (e)Therepresentatives ofCameroon andSenegal toparticipate during1985 intheplenary meetings andinthesUbsidiary bodiesonChemical Weapons, Effective International Arrangements toAssureNon-nuclear-weapon StatesAgainst theUseorThreatofUseofNuclear Weapons andtheComprehensive Programme of Disarmament.(a)Therepresentatives ofFinland, NorwayandSpaintopar~icipate during 1985intheplenary meetings andinthesubsidiary bodiesonChemical Weapons, Prevention ofanArmsRaceinOuterSpace,Effective International Arrangements toAssureNon-nuclear-weapon StatesAgainst theUseorThreatofUseofNuclear Weapons, Radiological Weapons andtheComprehensive Programme ofDisarmament. (h)Therepresentative ofBangladesh toparticipate during1985inthe plenary meetings andinthesubsidiary bodiesonEffective International Arrangements toAssureNon-nuclear-weapon StatesAgainst theUseorThreatofUse ofNuclear Weapons andtheComprehensive Programme ofDisarmament.D.Participation ofStatesnotMembers oftheConference 14.Inconformity withrule32oftheRulesofProcedure, thefollowing States non-members oftheConference attended plenary meetings oftheConference: Austria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Denmark, Finland, Greece, HolySee,Iraq,Ireland, NewZealand, Norway, Portugal, Senegal, Spain,Switzerland, TurkeyandVietNam. 15.TheConference received andconsidered requests forparticipation inits workfromStatesnotmembers oftheConference. Inaccordance withtheRulesof Procedure, theConference invited: I ,itaWii:r_iC es and, am. of ing, CS ar al 5in cion sure ate 1St ) ;he Use(i)Therepresentative ofVietNamtoaddress theplenary during1985on theComprehensive Programme ofDisarmament. E.Expansion ofthemembership oftheConference 160Theurgency attached tothequestion oftheexpansion ofitsmembership ie dulyrecognized bytheConference. 17.TheConference hadbeforeittherequests formembership received during previous sessions fromthefollowing non-member States,inchronological order: Norway, Finland, Austria, Turkey, Senegal, Bangladesh, Spain,VietNam,Ireland, Tunisia, Ecuador, Cameroon andGreece. 18.Duringits1985session, thePresidents oftheConference conducted continuous consultations withthemember-s, inaccordance withestablished practice, ontheselection ofadditional members. Members oftheConference also engagedinconsultations onthisimportant question. Thoseconsultations were
analysis: The text appears to be discussing international diplomatic efforts and conferences, specifically the Conference on Disarmament, and its activities and decisions regarding disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons. The text mentions various countries, committees, and bodies related to disarmament, which suggests a focus on international relations and security.