United Nations Committee on Disarmament, Geneva 3 February to 21 August 1981 / report of the Australian Delegation

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UNITED NATIONS—COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT Geneva 3 February to 21 August 1981 Report of the Australian Delegation 1
UNITED NATIONS—COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT Geneva 3 February to 21 August 1981 Report of the Australian Delegation 3
Contents 5
Background 7
General Proceedings 7
Introduction 7
Agenda Item 1: Nuclear Test Ban 11
Agenda Item 2: Nuclear Disarmament and Cessation of the Nuclear Arms Race 13
Agenda Item 3: Effective International Arrangements to assure Non-nuclear Weapon States Against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons 14
Agenda Item 4: Chemical Weapons 16
Agenda Item 5: New Types of Weapons of Mass Destruction and New Systems of such Weapons—Radiological Weapons 18
Agenda Item 6: Comprehensive Program of Disarmament 20
Agenda Item 7: Consideration and Adoption of the Annual Report 22
Conclusions 23
List of Annexes 24
Annexe A Membership of the Committee on Disarmament 25
Annexe B Agenda and Program of work of the Committee on Disarmament 26
Annexe C Australian Statement of 5 February 1981 28
Annexe D Australian Statement of 24 April 1981 32
Annexe E Australian Statement of 2 April 1981 36
Annexe F Australian Statement of 24 June 1981 40
Annexe G Australian Statement of 28 July 1981 43
Annexe H Australian Statement of 18 August 1981 47
Annexe I Chemical weapons: Australian Delegation comments on one section of Draft Elements 49
Annexe J Australian Working Paper on Chemical Weapons 50
Annexe K Australian Working Paper on Chemical Weapons: Assistance to Parties 53
Annexe L Australian Working Paper on Chemical Weapons Verification: The Methyl-phosphorous 'finger print' 55
Annexe M Australian Working Paper on Radiological Weapons: Scope and Definitions 57
Annexe N Australian Co-sponsored Working Paper on Draft Comprehensive Program of Disarmament 60

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Australia. Delegation to the United Nations Committee on Disarmament & Australia. Parliament. (1983). United Nations Committee on Disarmament, Geneva 3 February to 21 August 1981 Retrieved April 17, 2026, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1459687605

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Australia. Delegation to the United Nations Committee on Disarmament and Australia. Parliament. United Nations Committee on Disarmament, Geneva 3 February to 21 August 1981 Canberra: Government Printer, 1983. Web. 17 April 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1459687605>

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Australia. Delegation to the United Nations Committee on Disarmament & Australia. Parliament. 1983, United Nations Committee on Disarmament, Geneva 3 February to 21 August 1981 Government Printer, Canberra viewed 17 April 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1459687605

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