UN Secretariat Item Scan - Barcode - Record Title Page 5 Date 07/06/2006 Time 11:35:54 AM S-0905-0001 -03-00001 Expanded Number S-0905-0001 -03-00001 Title items-in-Disarmament - chronological files - general Date Created 03/01/1972 Record Type Archival Item Container S-0905-0001: Political matters - disarmament 1972-1981 Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit . c.v.,\t, £. Hs OFFICE DES NATIONS UNIES A GENEVE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA Telegrammes : UNATIONS, GENEVE Palais des Nations Telex : 22.212 ou 22.344 CH - 1211 GENEVE 10 Telephone : 346011 334000 332000 331000 14. April 1972 REF. No : (a rappeler dans la reponse) /W/ J' Personal and Confidential The present spring session of the CCD is drawing to a close and there is, in fact, a tentative agreement that we should adjourn on April 27th. The summer session will convene about the middle of June. The session so far has been much more active and constructive than at least I dared to expect. As you will recall, at the close of our conference at the Intercontinental, the Secretary-General was kind enough to say that he hoped that I would soon come for a visit to New York. Consequently, it occurred to me that I could perhaps benefit from our recess to do so. In addition to a general report on the work of the CCD and to obtaining the Secretary-General's instructions for the coming session, it would be of great import for me to have an opportunity to discuss with him i.e. the following specific subjects: 1. Reactions (both public and private) to the Secretary- General's opening statement to the CCD; 2. Situation with regard to the participation of China and France in Disarmament negotiations; 3. Situation with regard to various ideas and proposals concerning the reorganization of the CCD, changes in its practices and procedures, etc, 4. Certain tentative plans of the Co-Chairmen to transfer to the Secretariat some of the functions which have earlier belonged to their exclusive prerogative - notably the drafting of the CCD's report; 5. Certain personnel questions arising out of point 4-J 6. Question of the possible extension of my contract beyond June 30th, 1972. I would, of course, also take the opportunity to discuss the business of the CCD with Under-Secretary Kutakov and the Disarmament Affairs Division and I should possibly also visit the Disarmament establishment in Washington. Mr. Anton Prohaska Special Assistant to the Secretary-General United Nations New York, W.Y. Office des Nations Unies a Geneve United Nations Office at Geneva Page 9 With the exception of the first week of May and the first week of June, for which I have previous commitments, I could come at any moment when the Secretary-General could find some time for me. Should this plan find favour with the Secretary-General, I would be grateful to receive instructions by cable to learn when I should prepare myself to come. Ilkka Pastinen Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Disarmament X-ZYS44 S GENEVA 305 13 16432= ETATPRIORITE UNA!IONS WEWYORK= GVA 1315 CONFIDENTIAL FOR SECGEN AND KUTAKOV FROM PASTINEN PAKA AT 55STH MEETING CCD, BULGARIA HADE GENERAL STATEMENT, SWEDEN AND ITALY SPOKE ON CW. LA GUARDIA (ARGENTINA) BADE FAREWELL. PARA TARABANGV CALLED FOR SECURITY THROUGH DISARMAMENT AND URGED ATTAINMENT OF GCD.= P2/51 = WDC, OPEN TO ALL STATES, COULD BE TRUE TURNING POINT IN DISARMAMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND PROVIDE NEW IMPETUS FOR CCD. CRITICIZED WESTERN DELEGATIONS FOR TECHNICAL APPROACH AND STRESSED EXPERTS HAD ROLE ONLY AFTER POLITICAL DECISIONS MADE AND SPECIFIC TEXT AVAILABLE. CW BAN COMPLICATED BUT RIPE FOR SOLUTION.: P3= CTB ATTAINABLE WITHOUT ON-SITE INSPECTION CLH THRESHOLD AND OTHER PARTIAL MEASURES NO REAL SOLUTION. PARA ECKERBERG WELCOMED BOTH UNISTATES CW WORK PROGRAMME AND SOCIALIST DRAFT CONVENTION. GOAL WAS PROHIBITION OF ALL CW, BUT CCD SHOULD ORGANIZE ITS WORK TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE TREATY IN STAGES TO MAKE TT wnpjr = P4= MANAGEABLE. ADEQUATE VERIFICATION MEASURES INDISPENSABLE AS LARGE STOCKS OF CW EXISTED TODAY AND MANY NATIONS COULD MANUFACTURE THEM. VERIFICATION ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT' FOR SUPER-TOXIC CHEMICAL AGENTS HAVING NO CIVILIAN USE, SUCH AS NERVE GASES, MUSTARD ETC., WHICH SHOULD BE SPECIFIED IN CONVENTION. AGENTS HAVING PEACEFUL: -:' USES COULD BE BANNED WITHOUT DETAILED VERIFICATION AND NATIONAL CONTROL PLUS STATISTICAL REPORTING OF COMPLAINT PROCEDURE, AS IH SOCIALIST CW DRAFT, SUFFICIENT. V CONTROL AND COMPLAINT FORMULA OF BW CONVENTION NOT SUITABLE FOR CW. SWEDEN'S ASSESSMENT OF By CONVENTION WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT TRANSPIRED IN SECOUNCIL RE CO P6/53= ^ COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE. DISAGREED WITH BULGARIA ABOUT ROLE OF — EXPERTS AND INSISTED THAT POLITICAL DECISIONS MUST BE TAKEN WITH-L r-o EXPERT ADVICE. PROPOSED THAT PRECISE AGENDA BE DEFINED AT SPRING SESSION FOR EXPERT MEETINGS AT SUMMER SESSION. PARA CARACCIOLO PROPOSED INFORMAL MEETING ON 2S APRIL TO DISCUSS WORK OF EXPERTS ON CW+ COL 1915 556TH 26+ ACHIEVE SOOU 'COMPREHENSIVE CW AGR'EMENT -VITH ADEQUATE VERIFICATION. KHATTABI SHARED SECGEH'S COKCtRN THAI IF NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS CONTINUED, FUTURE CREDIBILITY AND VIABILITY = P5 = OF KPT IN JEOPARDY, EVEN EXISTENCE OF CCD IN DOUBT IF SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS NOT UNDERTAKES ON UNDERGROUND TEST BAH, WHICH DEPENDED ONLY OK POLITICAL DECISION. THRESHOLD SOLUTION NOT HELPFUL BUT MEASURES OF RESTRAINT OR MORATORIUM ACCEPTABLE WHILE BAB BEING NEGOTIATED. NON PARTICIPATION OF CHINA = PS/5 1/50 = AND FRANCE IN CCD NOT DUE TO FORM AMD PROCEDURES OF CCD. CHANGES IN COMMITTEE'S COMPOSITION, PROCEDURES AND FUTURE ROLE MUST TAKE ACCOUNT OF THEIR VIEWS* CONCERNING CW, WHOSE PRIORITY CAME IMMEDIATELY AFTER CIS, SOCIALIST DRAFT CONVENTION (CCD/3S-) COULD BE TAKEN = E P7/51/50 = ~, AS BASIS OF NEGGTIAIOH. DETAILED TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS SHOULD _ BE AVOIDED. URGENT UNISTATES TO TRANSLATE ITS WORK PROGRAMME CCCD/360) INTO CONCRETE PROPOSALS, AS MOROCCO WOULD ABSTAIN FROM STERILE DISCUSSIONS. RE WDC, CCD SHOULD HAVE IMPORTANT PREPARATORY ROLE AND CONFERENCE SHOULD BE TRULY = PS/44 = UNIVERSAL, LAHODA URGED ACDEPTANCE OF SOCIALIST DRAFT CONVENTION OH CW. CW BAH MUST BE COMPREHENSIVE WOT PHASED OR PARTIAL* NO CLEAR BOUNDARY BETWEEN LETHAL AND NOfl-LETHAL AGENTS. NO CONTROL CAN 3E PERFECT 100 PER CENT + COL CKD + OFFICE DES NATIONS UNIES A GENEVE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA COMFIEEMTIAL MEMORANDUM A - TO : His Excellency REF : Mr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General Ilkka Pastinen DE - FROM : GENEVE, 7 April 1972 Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disarmament OBJET - SUBJECT . Situation Report No. I forward herewith for your information "Situation Report No. 4-7" covering the Conference from 29 February to 28 March 1972. SEC/CONFIDENTIAL Geneva, 4 April 1972 Situation Report No. 47 (29 Februaiy to 28 March 1972) General 1 The Question of Banning Chemical Weapons 2 Ban on Underground Nuclear Tests 2 Other disarmament measures 4 The Question of Participation of China and France in Disarmament Negotiations 4- Reorganization of the CCD 6 The CGD and a World Disarmament Conference 7 Participation of the FRG and GDR in Disarmament Negotiations 7 Conclusion 7 SEC/CONFIDENTIAL Geneva 4 April 1972 Situation Report No. 47 (29 February to 28 March 1972) General The opening of the 1972 session of the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament was marked by the address of the Secretary-General, which was very well received by all the members of the Committee and widely covered by the press. It was repeatedly quoted by members of the Committee in their statements, particularly on CTB, GW and the participation of China and France in disarmament negotiations, and had a greater impact than similar statements in the past. By the date of this report, practically all the delegations from East and West and five non-aligned (India, Mexico, Nigeria, Sweden and Yugoslavia) had outlined their positions in the general debate. As expected, two measures received particular attention: (i) a ban on chemical weapons; and (ii) a ban on underground nuclear-weapon tests. It was significant, but not surprising at this stage, that both the United States and the Soviet Union gave the CW ban a higher priority that the CTB. On the other hand, Canada, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Sweden strongly maintained that "highest priority" be given to a CTB, as called for by the General Assembly. Specific attention was also devoted to the question of the participation of China and France in disarmament negotiations and to the reorganization of the CCD. On 28 March, the Soviet Union and its allies submitted a draft Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stock- piling of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (CCD/361), based on the earlier Socialist initiative on CBW of 1969 and on the provisions of the 1971 Convention on BW. The submission of this new draft convention is likely to make CW the main item for the current spring session. The Question of Banning Chemical Weapons The USSR stated that it hoped the CCD would give priority to CW and make progress towards a convention prohibiting such, weapons. The United States also stressed CW and, in particular, possible methods and - 2 - approaches on verification of a CW ban. It submitted a "Work Program regarding negotiations on prohibition of chemical weapons" (CCD/360), which considered the possible scope of a CW ban and possible stages, the verification question and a number of international organizational aspects. It stressed the need for an approach by stages and the possi- bilities, in the first instance, for a complete ban on halting the production of nerve gases. It is generally felt that the debate on verification of a CW will be long and complex. The Work Programme submitted by the United States mirrors very clearly the complexity of the question.