The President: I thank Ambassador Adamson for her very welcome remarks and I, for my part, I am very happy to endorse her comments and her suggestions.
Are there any other delegations that wish to take the floor at this time? I see none.
I do not intend to attempt a comprehensive summary of the rich and nuanced debate on nuclear disarmament today. There was much said today in the course of these statements that merits very serious reflection. However, for me there were two key points: firstly, nuclear disarmament continues to be the highest priority in disarmament and non-proliferation, and there is an expectation that the Conference on Disarmament, as the sole multilateral disarmament negotiation forum, would play its due role. Secondly, we heard of the two approaches mentioned with regard to pursuing nuclear disarmament: a step-by-step pragmatic approach and a more comprehensive or principled approach leading to or embedded in a nuclear weapons convention. We have also heard that in the view of some delegations it may be possible to bridge these two approaches through a universal binding commitment to pursue nuclear disarmament and an agreed multilateral framework.
I thank you for your attention in permitting me to make these comments.