text: negotiation of a treaty text. Before that stage can be reached there is much work to be done, examining the complex of issues appertaining to this topic, for which this mandate is completely adequate. Since the Conference on Disarmament last had an ad hoc committee on this subject, much as been done relevant to the question of nuclear testing, and particularly in development and implementation of verification methods. We have in mind the important work of the Group of Scientific Experts, and, in the bilateral field, the procedures developed CD/PV.565 9 (Mr, Wagenmakers, Netherlands) by the United States and the Soviet Union for verification of the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty. However, much more needs to be done to address the full range of verification issues. It should be noted that formation of this Committee is consistent with the principal aim of the Partial Test Bank Treaty, as restated in the preamble to the non-proliferation Treaty. It is our conviction that we should use to the full the limited time available to the Committee in this latter part of the summer session. We would therefore propose that work should begin immediately with a preliminary exchange of views covering the whole range of issues and that the question of a detailed work programme should be looked at in parallel. We believe that establishment of an ad hoc committee in the Conference on Disarmament to deal with a ban on nuclear testing will help us toward our ultimate goal: a world free of nuclear weapons, in peace and stability.” The PRESIDENT: Thank you for your statement and for the kind words addressed to the Chair. I now give the floor to the distinguished representative of India, Ambassador Chadha.
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a diplomatic effort to negotiate a treaty related to nuclear testing, with a focus on verification methods and the establishment of an ad hoc committee in the Conference on Disarmament. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the topic is of a high-level political nature. There is no mention of economic development, natural resources, agriculture, forestry, fishing, industry, transport, communication, international trade, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, or culture. The text seems to be primarily concerned with scientific and technological issues related to nuclear testing and disarmament.