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IN THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR ARSENALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION, AS WELL AS AN AGREEMENT ON SPACE ISSUES WHICH WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO WORLDWIDE STRATEGIC STABILITY.
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WE ALSO STRONGLY SUPPORT THE EFFORTS MADE WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEMS OF CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT, VERIFICATION, CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES AND MILITARY TRANSPARENCY IN THE MILITARY FIELD.
THE TWELVE REGRET THAT THE IIIRD SSOD
WAS NOT CONCLUDED BY AN AGREED FINAL DOCUMENT. HOWEVER, IMPORTANT CONSTRUCTIVE WORK WAS DONE DURING THE SESSION AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE FIRST COMMITTEE WILL PROFIT FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.
7(BIS) LET ME ADD THAT FOR THE TWELVE CHEMICAL DISARMAMENT REMAINS A HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE. RECENT EVENTS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONTINUES UNABATEDLY AND UNDERLINE THE URGENT NEED FOR A TOTAL BAN OF THESE INHUMAN WEAPONS. THE TWELVE AGREED THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS, AT THE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT, ON A CONVENTION TO BAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS WORLDWIDE MUST BE RAPIDLY BROUGHT TO A FULLY SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION. REAFFIRM THEIR RESOLVE TO SPARE NO EFFORTS TOWARDS REACHING SUCH
IN VIEW OF THE A GLOBAL, VERIFIABLE AND UNIVERSAL CONVENTION. ALARMING PROLIFERATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATE THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL.
THEY
DISPA-
OF THE CAPA- FOR INITIATING LARGE-
WE ALSO FAVOR
8. IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT THE TWELVE ATTACH PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO PRO- BLEMS CONCERNING SECURITY IN EUROPE WHERE SERIOUS IMBALANCES PER-
THE SIST, IN PARTICULAR IN THE CONVENTIONAL FIELD. THEREFORE, NEED FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL IS ESPECIALLY URGENT IN THIS AREA. THE TWELVE HAVE LONG ADVOCATED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STABLE AND SECURE BALANCE OF CONVENTIONAL FORCES AT LOWER LEVELS, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF CSCE PROCESS, THE DISMANTLING OF EXISTING RITIES, STRINGENT VERIFICATION AND THE ELIMINATION BILITY FOR LAUNCHING SURPRISE ATTACK AND SCALE OFFENSIVE ACTION IN THE WHOLE OF EUROPE. AN AGREEMENT ON A NEW SET OF ENHANCED CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY BUILDING MEASURES AIMED AT PROMOTING MORE OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY
THAT CERTAIN IN THE MILITARY FIELD. WE HAVE NOTED WITH INTEREST IDEAS PUT FORWARD RECENTLY BY THE WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES REFLECT, IN PART, OUR CONCERNS. THE TWELVE ACCORDINGLY CONSIDER THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTIONAL STABILITY AND NEW SHOULD BEGIN IN VIENNA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN A SPIRIT.
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