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File: 950925_90823023.txtREPORT ON SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF NATO DISARMAMENT Filename:90823023 PATHFINDER RECORD NUMBER: 23023 GENDATE: 950628 NNNN TEXT: ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX435 MCN = 90276/15600 TOR = 902761029 OTTSZYUW RUEKJCS5392 2761030---RUEALGX. ZNY HEADER O 031030Z OCT 90 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEADWD/OCSA WASHINGTON DC RUENAAA/CNO WASHINGTON DC RUEAHQA/CSAF WASHINGTON DC RUEACMC/CMC WASHINGTON DC RUCGUNG/NATS P UNG WASH DC RUCUAAA/HQ SAC OFFUTT AFB NE//XP// RUEADNA/DNA WASHINGTON DC//OPAC/OPNA// RUEADNA/DNA WASHINGTON DC RUEDADN/OSIA WASHINGTON DC RHFTAAA/OSIA FIELD OFFICE EUROPE RHEIN MAIN AB GE RULKNIS/COMNISCOM WASHINGTON DC//NAVATAC// RUEALGX/SAFE O 031009Z OCT 90 FM USMISSION USNATO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5978 INFO RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY [ b.2. ] RUEHDD/NATO COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUFHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 7351 RUFHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 7359 RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 7996 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 5430 RHEBAAA/USDOE WASHDC ZEN//USDELMC BRUSSELS BE//POUCH BT CONTROLS SECTION 01 OF 08 USNATO 05392 VIENNA FOR CSBMS AND USDEL CSCE PREPCOM; USVIENNA FOR USDEL CFE; GENEVA FOR CD OSD FOR ISP JCS FOR J-5 STATE FOR EUR/RPM, ACDA/MA AND IO BRUSSELS ALSO FOR USEC E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR /*********** THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE ************/ BODY TAGS: PARM, UNGA, CDG SUBJECT: REPORT ON SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF NATO DISARMAMENT EXPERTS: SEPTEMBER 27-28, 1990 REF: STATE 326393 1. - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. THE 51ST SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATO POLITICAL COMMITTEE WITH DISARMAMENT EXPERTS MET IN BRUSSELS SEPT 27-28, 1990. MEETING WAS PRECEDED BY HALF-DAY DISCUSSION ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND THE UPCOMING REVCON (REPORTED SEPTEL). 3. DISCUSSIONS INCLUDED PREPARATIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE 45TH SESSION OF THE UNGA AND THE FIRST COMMITTEE, THE UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION, RESULTS OF THE 1990 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION, AND POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR THE 1991 UNDC WORKING AGENDA. 4. IN THE AREA OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES, DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE PROSPECTS FOR RESULTS IN THE CD IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA, CHEMICAL WEAPONS, NTB, LTBT, AND PROLIFERATION ISSUES. EXPERTS ALSO DISCUSSED THE RECENT NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE AND THE UPCOMING LTBT REVCON. GROUP ALSO REVIEWED STATUS OF VARIOUS UN DISARMAMENT STUDIES. NEXT MEETING WITH EXPERTS IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10-11, 1991. MEETING WAS ROUTINE AND PRODUCED NO SURPRISES. END SUMMARY. -------------------------------------------- PREPARATION FOR THE 45TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY -------------------------------------------- 5. RATIONALIZATION OF THE FIRST COMMMITTEE. THE U.S. NOTED TRADITIONAL UN ALIGNMENTS WERE BREAKING UP, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD ON RATIONALIZATION IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE. WE DO NOT SEEK TO AVOID DISCUSSION OF RELEVANT TOPICS BUT REALIZE THAT DISCUSSION OF TRADITIONAL UN TOPICS AND RESOLUTIONS HAS BECOME A FOREGONE CONCLUSION. 6. THE UK, FRG, AND CANADIAN DELEGATIONS ALSO SPOKE IN FAVOR OF FIRST COMMITTEE RATIONALIZATION, THE UK SUGGESTING EVOLUTIONARY PROGRESS. THE UK NOTED THAT THE COMMITTEE IS A FORUM FOR COUNTRIES NOT NORMALLY PARTICIPATING IN DISARMAMENT/ARMS CONTROL DISCUSSIONS, AND THUS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LET THEM BE HEARD, RATHER THAN LEANING ON THEM TOO MUCH. INSTEAD, THE WEST SHOULD LOOK TO WHAT IT CAN OFFER ON RATIONALIZATION. THE FRG SUPPORTED BOTH THE U.S. CRITIQUE OF THE LACK OF REALITY IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE AND THE BRITISH EMPHASIS ON CLEANING HOUSE AMONG THE WESTERN CONTINGENT OF PROPOSALS. IN RESPONSE TO A CANADIAN QUERY, THE US SAID THAT THIS MEETING WAS PROBABLY NOT THE PLACE TO ENGAGE IN A DETAILED RESOLUTION-BY-RESOLUTION REVIEW OF WHAT SHOULD BE RATIONALIZED. THE U.S. NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT IT WAS CONTRIBUTING TO RATIONALIZATION BY BI-ANNUALIZING THE U.S. COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION . 7. ALTHOUGH DELEGATIONS SPOKE IN FAVOR OF FIRST COMMITTEE RATIONALIZATION, MOST DID NOT/NOT VOLUNTEER TO KEEP THEIR OWN ITEMS OFF THE AGENDA. ECHOING THE SENTIMENTS OF MOST, THE CANADIANS REMARKED, "WE DON'T WANT OUR OWN OX GORED." /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 002 ******/ 8. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(3)&(5) ] UNGA: WESTERN/NNA/EASTERN INITIATIVES -------------------------------------- 9. IN RESPONSE TO DANISH CONCERNS THAT UNACCEPTABLE AND NOW-ORPHANED GDR RESOLUTIONS -- SUCH AS THOSE ON NO-FIRST USE OR SECURITY CONCEPTS -- WOULD BE PICKED UP BY OTHER COUNTRIES, FRG REPS SAID THEY WOULD NOT PURSUE THOSE TWO RESOLUTIONS. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD, HOWEVER, PICK UP THE GDR TECHNOLOGY AND VERIFICATION ITEM BECAUSE IT COULD BE USED TO REPRESENT WESTERN VIEWS ON VERIFICATION. THE FRG WILL NOT PURSUE REDUCTION OF MILITARY BUDGETS UNTIL NEXT YEAR AND WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ITS TRADITIONAL RESOLUTION ON CBMS. 10. CANADA CIRCULATED A DRAFT RESOLUTION ON THE NOW-COMPLETED VERIFICATION STUDY, NOTING THAT IT ATTEMPTED TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE WEST AND THE NNA. THE FRENCH SAID THE STUDY VINDICATED THE WESTERN POSITION VERSUS THE ORIGINAL NNA VIEWS, DEMONSTRATING THAT VERIFICATION IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX AND THAT THE UN SHOULD HAVE VERY LIMITED COMPETENCE AND A MARGINAL ROLE IN THE FIELD. REFERRING TO PREVIOUSLY-EXPRESSED U.S. RESERVATIONS AND SENSITIVITIES ON THIS SUBJECT, THE U.S. DEL SUPPORTED A STRICTLY PROCEDURAL TEXT NOTING THE COMPLETION OF THE REPORT. 11. FRANCE DESCRIBED ITS RESOLUTION MARKING THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN INSTITUTE ON DISARMAMENT RESEARCH, PRAISED UNIDIR'S RECORD OF BALANCED WORK, AND CALLED FOR A UNIDIR STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF DISARMAMENT. ON THE MARGINS OF THE MEETING, U.S. REP, DRAWING ON SEPARATE GUIDANCE, PROVIDED U.S. COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT RESOLUTION, NOTING PARTICULAR U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS. FRANCE ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH ITS NOW-STANDARD RESOLUTION THIS YEAR ON CSBMS/CFE NEGOTIATIONS. 12. CANADA INDICATED IT WOULD ONCE AGAIN WORK WITH POLAND ON THE CD/CW NEGOTIATIONS RESOLUTION. IT ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD FOLLOW UP ON ITS TRADITIONAL RESOLUTION ON CUT-OFF OF FISSIONABLE MATERIAL, NOTING THAT THE USSR HAD ASKED TO CO-SPONSOR THE RESOLUTION LAST YEAR AND WOULD LIKELY DO SO AGAIN. THE USSR HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY FENDED OFF LAST YEAR, BUT IT MIGHT BE MORE DIFFICULT THIS YEAR. CANADA NOTED THAT THE "CORE GROUP" OF SPONSORS OF THE AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN RESOLUTION PLAN TO CIRCULATE A DRAFT AMONG SYMPATHETIC DELEGATIONS BEFORE DISTRIBUTING IT TO THE BARTON GROUP IN NEW YORK, AND THEN TO MEXICO. CANADA SAID THE MEXICANS HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN POSSIBLY MERGING THEIR OWN NUCLEAR TEST BAN RESOLUTION WITH THAT OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. WHILE MEXICO HAD PROMISED FLEXIBILITY, THE CANADIANS WERE SKEPTICAL AND SAID THEY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND MERGING DRAFTS WITH MEXICO UNLESS THEY GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED. 13. THE U.S. NOTED RUMORS OF POSSIBLE USSR INTEREST IN A /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 003 ******/ NAVAL ARMS CONTROL/CSBM RESOLUTION, WHICH THE U.S. WOULD HAVE TO OPPOSE, IN LINE WITH ITS WELL-KNOWN POLICY. THE U.S. NOTED THAT THE NEW ZEALANDERS ARE WORKING WITH PAKISTAN AND NEW ZEALAND TO MERGE THEIR TWO RESOLUTIONS ON NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES AND EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT A COMBINED TEXT WOULD CONTAIN THE WORST OF BOTH. THE U.S. SAID EGYPT WAS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE NOTHING EXCEPT A PROCEDURAL RESOLUTION WELCOMING THE STUDY ON THE MIDDLE EAST AS A NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONE. EGYPT HAD INDICATED THAT A SUBSTANTIVE FOLLOW-UP MIGHT WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR. ON THE MUBARAK MDW FREE ZONE PROPOSAL, U.S. HAD HEARD THAT EGYPT DID NOT PLAN SPECIFIC FIRST COMMITTEE ACTION. 14. THE U.S. SAID IT HAD SOME IDEAS FOR FOLLOWING UP THE CW USE RESOLUTION AND WOULD WORK WITH AUSTRALIA. (THE CANADIANS LATER TOLD U.S. DEL MEMBERS THEY HAD HEARD THAT THE AUSTRALIANS INTENDED TO BI-ANNUALIZE THE ITEM AND THEREFORE NOT INTRODUCE IT THIS YEAR. NEVERTHELESS, CANADA WAS WORKING WITH AUSTRALIA TO INCORPORATE A FEW OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS FROM THE CW USE RESOLUTION INTO ITS TRADITIONAL CD/CW NEGOTIATIONS RESOLUTION.) 15. DUTCH REPS SAID THE NETHERLANDS WILL INTRODUCE ITS RESOLUTION (ALONG WITH AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRIA) ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ALONG THE SAME LINES AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. 16. DENMARK INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THAT IT WOULD ONCE AGAIN TABLE ITS RESOLUTION ON CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT, WELCOMING THE CONSENSUS REACHED AT THE UNDC. U.S. NOTED THAT CHINA WOULD PURSUE ITS RESOLUTION AS WELL. DENMARK ALSO SAID THAT SWEDEN IS CONTEMPLATING A RESOLUTION TO PROHIBIT ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS, INCLUDING CRUISE MISSILES, ABOARD NAVAL VESSELS. 17. THE CHAIRMAN CLOSED THE DISCUSSION OF FIRST COMMITTEE MATTERS BY NOTING THAT NO ONE SEEMED VERY INTERESTED IN GIVING UP ANY ITEMS FOR THE SAKE OF RATIONALIZATION. -------------------------------- UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION (UNDC) -------------------------------- 18. DISCUSSION WAS RELATIVELY BRIEF AND PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE REFORM PLAN NOTED. DENMARK EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE UNDC AGREEMENT ON THE CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES. DENMARK INTENDS TO KEEP THE SUBJECT ON THE GENERAL UNDC AGENDA AND CALLED ON PARTNERS TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE FOLLOW-ON INITIATIVES FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE UNDC AT A LATER DATE. 19. THE FRG PROPOSED THE FOLLOWING GENERAL CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF TOPICS TO BE INCLUDED ON THE UNDC "WORKING AGENDA" (AS OPPOSED TO THE GENERAL AGENDA): SUBJECTS SHOULD BE RELATED TO CONCRETE SITUATIONS AND ACTUAL POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS; TOPICS OF A LARGE AND VAGUE SCOPE SHOULD BE AVOIDED, AS WELL AS CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS; AND NUCLEAR ISSUES SHOULD NOT DOMINATE THE AGENDA. U.S. REP AGREED, NOTING THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF AVOIDING CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS, THE U.S. WOULD NOT SUPPORT ANY PROPOSALS TO PUT NAVAL ARMS CONTROL ON THE AGENDA, AND WOULD BE PREPARED TO BLOCK CONSENSUS IF NECESSARY. U.S. ALSO INDICATED THAT THE WESTERN ITEM ON /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 004 ******/ OBJECTIVE INFORMATION ON MILITARY MATTERS SHOULD BE HANDLED IN A WORKING GROUP, RATHER THAN A CONSULTATIVE GROUP, THIS YEAR. ---------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT: SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES ---------------------------------------------- PROSPECTS FOR RESULTS AT THE CD IN POST-COLD WAR PERIOD ------------------------------------------------------- 20. THE CHAIR NOTED THAT PROSPECTS FOR RESULTS AT CD WERE IMPROVED BECAUSE OF NORMALIZATION OF EAST-WEST RELATIONS. THE REALIGNMENT OF THE EAST HAD RESULTED IN MORE COOPERATION AND LESS CONFRONTATION. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(3)&(5) ] THE U.S. SAID THE NNA HAD BEEN HIDING BEHIND EAST-WEST SKIRTS AND WOULD NOW BE FORCED TO TAKE POSITIONS; FUTURE TOPICS ALSO MIGHT BE MORE COMPLEX SINCE GROUPS WOULD NOT PLAY AS IMPORTANT A ROLE IN CONTROLLING/FORMULATING POSITIONS. CHEMICAL WEAPONS ---------------- 22. FRANCE OPENED THE DISCUSSION ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS BY EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF NEGOTIATING PROGRESS DURING THE SUMMER SESSION OF THE CD IN GENEVA. ITALY AND THE UK ARGUED THAT, WHILE THERE HAD BEEN CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS, AT LEAST ON TECHNICAL ISSUES, THERE WAS ALSO DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE DIRECTION TAKEN ON CERTAIN ISSUES (I.E., CHALLENGE INSPECTION). THE FRENCH DEL THEN MADE A PITCH FOR THEIR PROPOSED CW MINISTERIAL MEETING IN 1991. CD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPPORTED THE CONCEPT OF A MINISTERIAL IN PRINCIPLE, PROVIDED CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES WERE RESOLVED A PRIORI; MOST CD DELS PRESENT EXPRESSED PREFERENCE FOR A DATE DURING THE FALL OF 1991. 23. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(3)&(5) ] DEL REPORTED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 23, A STAFFER AT THE [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(3)&(5) ] EMBASSY IN IRAQ WAS APPROACHED WITH A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FOR TREATMENT OF VICTIMS OF A CHEMICAL WEAPONS ATTACK. THE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE INCLUDED: -- TREATMENT METHODS FOR MASS CHEMICAL WEAPONS CASUALTIES; -- PROPHYLACTIC MEASURES; -- TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS RESULTING FROM USE OF CW. ACCORDING TO [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(3) ], THE IRAQIS STRESSED THE URGENCY OF THEIR REQUEST. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(3) ] THEY HAD GIVEN NO ENCOURAGEMENT TO IRAQI REQUEST. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(3) ] 24. UK AND GERMAN DELS BOTH OPINED THAT PROLIFERATION IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY SERIOUS. THE GERMANS SAID THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO CURB CW PROLIFERATION IS THROUGH A CW CONVENTION. NUCLEAR TEST BAN ---------------- 25. NTB RECEIVED LITTLE ATTENTION. CHAIR NOTED THAT NTB AHC /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 005 ******/ HAD BEEN CONVENED WITH A NON-NEGOTIATING MANDATE. U.S. RESPONDED THAT SUCH A MANDATE WAS SUFFICIENT FOR CURRENT DISCUSSIONS. CANADA ISSUED A WORD OF CAUTION NOTING THAT A WORK PROGRAM HAD YET TO BE ADOPTED. OUTER SPACE ----------- 26. CANADA, WHICH HAD CHAIRED OS AHC FOR 1990, INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH LITTLE SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS WAS ACCOMPLISHED, THE RHETORICAL STANCES WERE QUIETER, EXPERT PRESENTATIONS MORE NUMEROUS, AND DEBATE MORE ENGAGED. U.S. THANKED CANADIANS FOR THE SKILLFUL HANDLING OF OS ISSUES WHILE EMPHASIZING THE U.S. STILL HAD NOT IDENTIFIED ANY TOPIC FOR MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS. RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. NO DISCUSSION ------------------------------------ NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES. NO DISCUSSION -------------------------------------------- PROLIFERATION ISSUES -------------------- 27. CANADA REPORTED IT HAD HOSTED SPRING/FALL MEETING OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR). PARTICIPANTS CONCLUDED THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF GREATER COOPERATION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST ON PROLIFERATION BUT NOTED THAT PROBLEMS WOULD ARISE IN EASTERN COUNTRIES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. CANADA SAID ROMANIA WANTED TO JOIN THE AUSTRALIA GROUP (AG) AND RECOMMENDED THAT GREATER PARTICIPATION SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED; CANADA ALSO CAUTIONED, HOWEVER, THAT MEMBERSHIP CONSIDERATION NEEDED TO PROCEED SLOWLY TO ASSESS IF APPLICANTS WERE INDEED ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE OBLIGATIONS ASSUMED, EITHER UNDER THE AG OR THE MTCR. THE U.S. NOTED THAT WHILE WE MIGHT DISCOURAGE ACTUAL MEMBERSHIP IN SUCH BODIES, WE SHOULD STILL PROMOTE ADHERENCE TO SUCH REGIMES. 28. UK INDICATED IT WOULD HOLD A MEETING IN LONDON (14 DECEMBER, AFTER THE PARIS AG MEETING) FOR USSR AND OTHER EASTERN COUNTRIES IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM IN DRAFTING NATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR CONTROL OF PROLIFERATION ITEMS OF CONCERN. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(5) ] THE NETHERLANDS NOTED THAT AT THE SPRING/FALL MTCR MEETING IN OTTAWA, SOVIET PARTNERSHIP IN MTCR HAD BEEN AGREED, AD REF. GERMANY STRESSED THAT USSR MEMBERSHIP SHOULD BE VIEWED POSITIVELY, AND THAT THE EAST SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO AG IF NATIONS WERE CAPABLE OF IMPLEMENTING THE OBLIGATIONS. A TOUR DE TABLE REVEALED THAT NORWAY AND DENMARK HAVE APPLICATIONS IN PROGRESS FOR THE MTCR; PORTUGAL AND TURKEY ARE STILL HOLD-OUTS. ------------------------------------- REVIEW CONFERENCES AND OTHER MEETINGS ------------------------------------- /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 006 ******/ HAD BEEN CONVENED WITH A NON-NEGOTIATING MANDATE. U.S. NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE ------------------------------------------ 29. DRAWING ON GUIDANCE, U.S. COMMENTED ON REVCON SUCCESS DESPITE THE LACK OF AGREEMENT ON A FINAL DOCUMENT. MOST AT REVCON HAD EXPRESSED STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE NPT AND ITS EXTENSION. THE U.S. ATTRIBUTED MUCH OF THIS SUCCESS TO THE UNITY AND COOPERATION OF WESTERN GROUP. THE SPANISH REP AGREED THE CONFERENCE HAD BEEN A SUCCESS BUT EXPRESSED "DEEP REGRET" THAT CONSENSUS ON A FINAL DOCUMENT HAD NOT BEEN ACHIEVED. HE BLAMED THIS ON MEXICO, WHOSE DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER, HE NOTED, HAD LED SPANISH REPS TO BELIEVE THAT MEXICO'S HARD LINE WAS MERELY POSTURING AND THAT MEXICO WOULD EXERCISE FLEXIBILITY IN THE END. AMBASSADOR MARIN-BOSCH'S OBSTRUCTIVE PERSONAL ATTITUDE WAS PARTICULARLY TO BLAME. IN ANY EVENT, SPAIN NOTED, FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A FINAL DOCUMENT SEEMED TO FIT MEXICO'S STRATEGY, AND THAT OF THE PARLIMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION (PGA). THE PGA ROLE IN THIS AND IN THE UPCOMING LTBT AMENDMENT CONFERENCE SHOULD NOT BE DISCOUNTED, CAUTIONED THE SPANIARD, AND WILL PROVIDE FURTHER AMMUNITION FOR MARIN-BOSCH DURING THE RUN-UP TO THE 1995 EXTENSION CONFERENCE. NEVERTHELESS, SPAIN EMPHASIZED THAT MEXICO DID NOT REPRESENT THE MAJORITY OF NNA VIEWS -- EXCLUDING IRAN, A CONSISTENT QUESTION-MARK IN THESE MATTERS -- AND THAT MANY "POSITIVE ELEMENTS" HAD BEEN ACHIEVED AT THE REVCON. 30. THE NETHERLANDS AGREED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO FINAL DOCUMENT, THERE HAD BEEN SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSIONS AND PROGRESS AT THE REVCON, SPECIFICALLY IN FOUR AREAS: FULL-SCOPE SAFEGUARDS, SPECIAL INSPECTIONS, SECURITY ASSURANCES, AND PEACEFUL COOPERATION. [ (b)(1) sec 1.3(a)(5) ] /****** BEGINNING OF SECTION 007 ******/ HAD BEEN CONVENED WITH A NON-NEGOTIATING MANDATE. U.S. MEASURE PROGRESS IN 1995 COULD BE IN OUR INTEREST, AND THE 1995 EXTENSION WILL HAVE A POSITIVE RESULT, IF ONLY BECAUSE ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO EXTEND THE TREATY IS A MAJORITY VOTE. RESPONDING TO QUERIES FROM CANADA, THE NETHERLANDS INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE PREPARED TO SHARE ITS DRAFT OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE FINAL DOCUMENT OF THE NPT WITH INTERESTED COUNTRIES WHEN IT IS COMPLETE. LIMITED TEST BAN TREATY AMENDMENT CONFERENCE -------------------------------------------- 33. U.S. REP MADE POINTS REFTEL, ECHOED BY UK REP. HAVING DECIDED THAT THIS EXERCISE WOULD NOT GO AWAY, CANADA HAS BEEN WORKING ON DAMAGE LIMITATION: THE CONFERENCE COULD PROVIDE A FORUM FOR LETTING OFF STEAM ON THE CTB QUESTION. CANADA SAID THE WEST SHOULD COORDINATE ITS APPROACH CLOSELY; THERE WAS NO VALUE IN POLARIZATION. REFERRING TO THE REQUEST FOR VIEWS ON VERIFICATION OF A TEST BAN, DENMARK ASKED IF ANY COUNTRY INTENDED TO RESPOND. U.S. SAID IT HAD NO SUCH INTENTIONS; NETHERLANDS SAID IT WOULD RESPOND ALONG THE LINES OF ITS EXPLANATION OF VOTE ON THE LTBT RESOLUTION AT THE L989 UNGA. THE FRG REP ECHOED CANADIAN PLEAS FOR WESTERN UNITY AND A CONSTRUCTIVE APPROACH TO THE AMENDMENT CONFERNCE. NUCLEAR TESTING TALKS (NTT) --------------------------- 34. STATUS OF RATIFICATION. U.S. REP REPORTED THAT THE SENATE HAD GIVEN ADVICE AND CONSENT TO RATIFICATION OF THE TTBT AND PNET PROTOCOLS LEAVING ONLY ONE STEP FOR U.S. RATIFICATION: SIGNATURE OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF ADMIN BT #5392 INFODATE: 0
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