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Wrapping Up at the CCD
By the middle of 1976, CCD negotiations were edging toward an end as the time constraints compelled the CCD to transmit a draft treaty to the General Assembly for consideration at its 30th session in November.
At the time of the CCD's last session on ENMOD (August 1976) a consensus text had not been achieved. Several issues remained unresolved (e.g. the troika), while some delegations had not received a brief on the final draft text from their capitals, and were therefore unable to give the official position of their governments.
Some CCD delegations that had heard from capitals opposed the treaty. Among these were Mexico and Argentina. Nevertheless, the treaty was transmitted from Geneva to New York. India, Yugoslavia, West Germany, Pakistan, Italy and Ethiopia accepted the transmittal; but reserved the right to comment at a later stage, because they had not received instructions from their governments.
Despite the controversies and lack on consensus, on 2 September 1976 the CCD transmitted its text to the General Assembly.
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