text: CD/PV.554 24 April 1990CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT FINAL RECORD OF THE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOURTH PLENARY MEETING Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Tuesday, 24 April 1990, at 10 a.m. President : Mr. Ahmad Kamal (Pakistan) GE.90-60841/1870B CD/PV.554 2 The PRESIDENT : I declare open the 554th plenary meeting of the Conference on Disarmament. In accordance with our programme of work, this is the last meeting of the first part of the annual session of the Conference. In conformity with rule 30 of the rules of procedure, any member wishing to do so may raise any subject relevant to the work of the Conference. As agreed earlier, and if time permits, the Conference will hold today, immediately after this plenary meeting, an informal meeting devoted to the substance of agenda item 2, entitled "Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament". I have on my list of speakers for today the representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany, Brazil, the United States of America, Egypt, Canada, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Indonesia, the German Democratic Republic and Mexico. Of these speakers, three today are friends and colleagues who will be leaving the Conference and who will be delivering their farewell statements today. I refer to Ambassador Paul Joachim von Stülpnagel, Ambassador Marcos de Azambuja and Ambassador Kamalesh Sharma, all three of whom have contributed significantly to the work of our Conference. I intend to bid them farewell on behalf of the Conference after they have made their respective statements. I now give the floor to the representative of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ambassador Paul Joachim von Stülpnagel. Mr, von STULPNAGEL (Federal Republic of Germany): Mr. President, it is a particular pleasure for me to make my last statement before this important 
analysis: This text appears to be a record of a meeting of the Conference on Disarmament, focusing on disarmament and arms control issues. The language used suggests that the topic is related to international security and diplomacy, rather than economic or social issues.