Reaching Critical Will

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Conference on Disarmament

General Assembly First Committee

UN Disarmament Commission

Special Session on Disarmament

22 May
Unofficial Transcript
Pakistan

Thank you Madame President. We take this opportunity to thank you and show appreciation for the work that you have done in revitalizing the work of the CD. Last week, my delegation rasied a number of issues and identified the difficulties that were posed by L1 for our delegation on substance and on procedure. We believe that there is a need to redress these enomolies- both procedural and substantive that would have a direct bearing on the substance of the issues that would be addressed by the Conference itself in the negotiations that would proceed with the adoption of any decision by consensus by the CD .

We would also like to support the statement that has been made by the Arab Group. Especially with regard to the request for discussions in a transparent context and a multilateral forum on the draft decision that is before us, L1. This will allow all delegations and member states in the CD to take a closer look at the decision with the specific ammendments required in the text to ensure that it is acceptable to everyone and that we can move forward in a consensual manner towards discussions that we are all ready to discuss. We would also like to associate our thoughts with the comments that were made by the distinguished Ambassador of China. The points raised by him, over some of the points that we had mentioned in regard to procedure and substance of the text. We look forward to further discussions on the substance of the text as well as the procedure of taking out these consultations.

Thank you very much.