Mr. President, Pakistan will support the endeavours to reach a balanced programme of work for the CD next year. We believe that the statements which we have heard so far in the CD today have not fully and objectively reflected the realities which have confronted the Conference and the members of the Conference this year. There were common elements upon which we could have worked to evolve agreement on a programme of work. Unjustified obstacles were placed in the work of the CD on the priority issue of nuclear disarmament as well as the issue of the prevention of an arms race in Outer Space. It will be necessary for the Conference, Mr. President, to deal with these issues in a serious and substantive manner.
Nuclear disarmament is the highest priority for disarmament negotiations.
The nuclear-weapon States must practice what they preach. No one doubts that the prevention of an arms race in Outer Space is now another issue requiring urgent attention. We cannot accept that the Conference on Disarmament has no role to play in these vital issues and all that it can do is to simply negotiate redundant, non-proliferation measures. Mr. President, The analysis of the ailments of the CD which have been offered here today are partial. Mr. President, In my statement of 19 August, I outlined Pakistan's concerns regarding the nuclear doctrine released by India on 17 August this year.