text: article IX, namely the determination in all circumstances of whether or not there has been a militarily significant violation of the convention. If in certain cases it is from the outset impossible to obtain such an assurance, the whole verification system is called in question. An in-depth debate within the Committee is therefore essential, and if possible in the two weeks that remain to us before the transmission of the groups' reports, since as things stand the decisions to be taken on the Chairman's text of article IX can only be provisional arrangements. We shall at least go away with clearer ideas about our respective positions, instead of being left with the past few days' inconclusive exchanges of views on questions of terminology which are not commensurate with the magnitude of the problem. Similarly, the debate should continue on the question of ad hoc inspections, which are a response to practical questions stemming directly from the results of a large number of trial inspections carried out in more than 20 countries. The question is thus clearly a real one, and I do not see what we would gain by saying that the debate is unnecessary or does not suit certain people. If I may put it this way, the facts are even more obstinate than the delegations which brought up the question of ad hoc verification before the Committee. CD/PV.570 14 (Mr. Morel, France) I would like to conclude on this topic by remarking that a certain number of questions and objections concerning provisions currently established or proposed in the "rolling text", concerning verification in its various forms, show that each country would be well advised to carry out on its own account one or even several national trial inspections, particularly an inspection on 
analysis: This text appears to be a discussion about international agreements and verification processes, specifically in the context of military activities and nuclear proliferation. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a high-level meeting or committee. The text references specific articles and paragraphs, which implies a legal or treaty-based context.