text: outbreak of war than there had been in the past. It again drew atEention to the solemn undertaking of States in the North Atlant.ic Alliance that none of their weapons would ever be used except in response to at.tack. The United States expressed the view that the NATO policy went far beyond the pledge of non-first-useof nucl.ear weapons. The Federal Republic of Gernany viewed the prevent,ion of war as the most fundamental objective of disarmament and arms control and added t,hat Governnents must dedicate themselves to the prevenEion of war in all it,s aspects, conventional and nuclear. 35. In the course of the session, several draft resolutions rdere submitted on thesubject. India and Mexico joinEly sponsored a draft resolution which called for the appoinEment of eminent persons to advise on measurei and procedures relating to the quescion of prevention of nuclear war. Another draft resolution was submitted by India, containing the text of a draft convent,ion on the prohibition of the useof nuclear weapons. Subsequentlyr India subnitted a third draft resolution calling upon States Eo undertake certain urgent, measures for the prevention of nuclearwars a convention on the prohibition of the use or threat, of use of nuclear weaPonsi cessation of the testing of nuclear eeaponsi and a freeze on Ehe development, production and deploynent of nuclear weapons. 36. None of the draft resolutions on that subject was, however, put to a vote atthe special eession, because it was felt that lhe rule of consensus should be maintained for decision-making at the session on suqh irnportant issues.A/40/498 English Page 13
analysis: The text discusses the prevention of nuclear war, disarmament, and arms control, indicating that it is related to international relations and security. The emphasis on the solemn undertaking of States in the North Atlantic Alliance and the prevention of war as the most fundamental objective of disarmament and arms control further supports this hypothesis.