The following documents dealing with this agenda item were submitted to the Conference : CD/1854 , entitled `` Letter dated 18 December 2008 addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament by the Permanent Representative of the French Republic to the Conference , transmitting a copy of a letter addressed to the Secretary-General by the French Minister for Foreign and European affairs , Mr. Bernard Kouchner , accompanied by a letter from the President of the French Republic to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and by the statement on strengthening international security adopted by the European Council on 11 December 2008 '' ; CD/1859 , entitled `` Letter dated 13 March 2009 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference transmitting the text of the statement by the President of the Russian Federation on the conclusion of an agreement with the United States of America to succeed the Treaty on the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms ( START I ) '' ; CD/1860 , entitled `` Letter dated 27 March 2009 from the Deputy Permanent Representative of the French Republic to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference concerning the visit to the former military facilities at Pierrelatte and Marcoule '' ;