The Conference was established in 1978 as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community with the primary role in substantive negotiations on priority questions of disarmament.
裁谈会设立于1978年，作为国际社会唯一的多边裁军谈判论坛，在就各项裁军优先问题开展实质性谈判方面发挥首要作用。