text: United Notions GENERAL ASSEMBLY FORTIETH SESSION Of/lela/ Rtcords • ~...._. • . I -, . .._ ... ...,.. . . . •. FIRST COMMITTEE 5th meeting held on Wednesday, 16 October 1985 at 10.30 a.m. New York VERBATIM RECORD OF THE 5th MEETING Chairman : Mr. ALATAS (Indonesia) CONTENTS GENERAL DEBATE ON ALL DISARMAMENT ITEMS (continued) Statements were made by: Mr. Roche (Canada} Mr. Petrovsky (Union of soviet Socialist Republics) Mr. McDowell (New Zealand) Mr. Marinescu (Romania) Mr. Albornoz (Ecuador) 'Th" rc<O<d "wbJ<'110 •'0<<.,10on Corrt\1ioft\ lo!lcxlld b< ..,, ..ndt<tll< ""'"'""or a -be< or til< ddt­ ,.,.,. <'On<trn<V wrl~ro oor •wA of,.,_., uf pe~blitwtiolt to tht Oli<r or Ill< Ofrocial bconis ~ ~ ... S..UO., '"'"" Dc:l· l.lO. 2 Unii<O Notion• l'l&u, and inco<porat<O ift a <OPJ or tht I'OC'Otd. ~5-63027 4201 V (E)Distr. GENERAL A/C.l/40/PV.S 16 October 1985 ENGLISH BG/3 A/C.l/40/PV .5 2 The meeting was called to order at 10.50 a.m. AGENDA ITEMS 48 TO 69 AND 145 (continued} GENERAL DEBATE Mr. ROCHE (Canada) : I should like to repeat the felicitations I offered you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation when you assumed the chair of this important Committee and to extend Canada's greetings and support to you and the other officers of the Committee, as well as convey our compliments to the Secretariat for the continued excellent job it does in servicing the wide-ranging needs of this Committee. One year ago when this Committee last met a sense of frustration predominated. Nuclear-weapon negotiations were at a standstill , while the engine of nuclear weapons development roared ahead. The work of disarmament, given such a ringing endorsement in the Final Document of the first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, seemed to be going nowhere. The 
analysis: The text appears to be a meeting record of the United Nations General Assembly's First Committee, discussing disarmament and nuclear weapons. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a focus on international relations and politics. The topics of nuclear weapons, disarmament, and negotiations imply a category related to international relations, security, or conflict resolution.