On 27 October 1982, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the final reply by the WEU Council to question 230 put by a member of the Assembly on the negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union for limiting nuclear weapons. The Council explains that consultations on the issue of nuclear arms limitation have taken place within the framework of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Proposals on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) have been drawn up in close consultation with the other members of NATO. Moreover, since a special forum, the Special Consultative Group (SCG), has been set up, the Council does not see the need to have recourse to other bodies for this kind of consultation.