text: legal,political, technical, military -ofalltheproposals beforetheConference andalltheapproaches totheproblem, without adopting anypriority amongthem. Atthesametime,theypointed outthatthepurpose ofsuchconsideration should notmerelybetocontribute toabetterunderstanding ofthesubject butto prepare thewayfornegotiating agreement oragreements onmeasures forthe prevention ofnuclear war.Intheirview,asexperience haddemonstrated, discussions inplenaryorinformal meetings oftheConference, wouldnot contribute tothatobjective. Members oftheGroupof21wereconvinced thatthe surest w8i¥toremovethedangerofnuclear war·layintheelimination ofnuclear weapons andthat,pending theachievement ofnuclear disarmament, theuseor threatofuseofnuclear weapons shouldbeprohibited. Theyrejected doctrines .ofnuclear deterrence which,intheiropinion, heightened theriskoftheoutbreak ofnuclear war.Theviewwasexpressed. thatnuclear deterrence andtheprevention ofnuclear warwereincompatible concepts. Inaddition, members oftheGroupof2 pointed outthattheuseofnuclear weapons posedauniquethreattohumansurvi andcouldnotaccepttheviewthatthequestion ofprevention ofnuclear warshoul beconsidezed inthecontext oftheprevention ofallarmedconflicts. Itwasals notedthatthelogicofthatapproach couldbeapplied tootheragendaitems,such astheprohibition ofchemical weapons. 78.Westem delegations, whilerecognizing thecatastrophic consequences ofa nuclear war,nevertheless pointed outthatresearch ontheclimatic effectsof nuclear explositionswasstillgoingonandwasnotconclusive atthisstage. -26-AT perilfacingthe consequently , thepresent d~. :l.dtheprimar,y llyinterested inviewofthe • ttheHeadsof :mdTanzania had, suItofrecent thatindicated 1onalimited rmtheEarthinto ions,eventhose aquences would usejustasmall isidedidnot takepreventive ~rrenceofnuclear :lemblyhad asamatterofthe tonappropriate establish for t,indeference I:'Warda )nofallaspects ­ >retheConference ~it,yamongthem. Lderationshould jectbutto ~esforthe mstrated, mldnot mvinced thatthe l.tionofnuclear ,theuseor ~cteddoctrines 3koftheoutbreak mdtheprevention oftheGroupof21 ~tohumansurvivaJ. nuclear warshould Licts.Itwasalso 1gendaitems,such ~equences ofa ~iceffects of ;thisstage.79.Members oftheWestern Groupdrewattention totheReportoftheSecretazy-General oftheUnitedNations onPrevention ofNuclear War(CD/603),dated25June1985,whereitstatesinparagraph 67: "Itshouldbenotedthatatthethirty-ninth session Australia,Canada, Germany, Federal Republicof,Italy,JapanandNorway, submittedadraftresolution (A/C.l/39/L.40), bearing adoubletitle'Preventionofnuclear war,including allrelated matters: prevention ofwarinthenuclearage'. Thedraftresolution wasintroduced bytheFederal RepublicofGermany, whichnotedthatthefirsttitlewasinlinewiththeformulationoftheagendaitemagreeduponintheCDandthatthesecondtitlewasdesigned toreflect thedraftresolution's comprehensive nature. Intheviewofthesponsors, thelatterformulation provided anexcellentdescription oftheover~riding taskathandandtheyreconunended itswideruse.Thedraftresolution 't'18.Ssubsequently revised andalsosponsoredbyDenmark, TurkeyandtheUnitedKirigdom. Thefollowing viewswerestressedamongothersinthedraftresolution: elimination ofthethreatofallarmedconflict remains theultimate goalofdisarmament; -allStatesshouldrefrainintheirinternational relations fromthethreatoruseofforceagainst theterri.torialintegrity orpoliticalindependence ofanystate,andthusnevershoulduseanyoftheirweapons,exceptintheexercise oftheirinherent rightofindividual orcollectiveself-defence; -allStatesshouldmaintain, asapriority objective oftheirpolicies, theremoval ofthedangerofwaratanylevelofhostilit,y,thereby precluding theuseofnuclear weapons; -'allStatesshouldexercise restraint intheirrelations withothers,shouldactinsuchamannerastoprevent thedevelopment ofsituationswhichcouldcausedangerous exacerbation oftheirrelations, shouldavoidmilita:gconfrontations andshouldprevent theoutbreak ofwar; theimportance ofconcluding agreements onmilitarilysignificantandverifiable reductions ofarmaments andforces, including nucleararmaments; -allStatesshouldpromote, tothebestoftheirability, theobjective oftheprevention ofwar,through, interalia,moreopenness andanenhancement. ofmutualknowledge aboutmilitar,y'aet.rVities,anexpandedexchange ofinformation andviewsonmilitary matters andother_confidence-building measures, withaviewtoenhancing bothcon..i'idence andstability, particularly inregional contexts, andtakingintoaccountregional securityneeds; \-conviction thatanuclear warcannotbewonandthataconventionalwarms\y-involve theriskoft~scalation tonuclear war." Members oftheWestern Groupnotedthatthedraftresolution hadbeenthesubjectofdetailed substantive discussion andstressed thatthecontent ofA/C.l/39/L.40/Rev.l wasfullyconsistent withtheFinalDocument. -27-ni..80.Members ofthegroupofsocialist countries d~ewspecialattention to thefollowing partsofthereportoftheSecretary-General onprevention ofnuclear war(CD/603):
analysis: The text primarily discusses the prevention of nuclear war, disarmament, and the elimination of nuclear weapons. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that it is a document from an international conference or organization. The content is focused on international relations, security, and disarmament, which leads me to believe that the category should be related to international relations.