ordertoachieveit,allparticipating Statesmustmakefurther significant effortsactivities carried outbymyGovernment inthespiritofHelsinki duringthepastanniversary ofthesigning oftheFinalActoftheConference onS&'curity anditscountries. ThemeetingofForeign Ministe~s heldinHelsinki tomarkthetenth Weconsider itaprivilege tohostinBudapest theEuropean Cultural Forum scheduled tobeginthismonth. TheForumwillbediscussing questions ofcreativeall-European process anditsrelevance ininternational politics.(Mr.Varkonyi, Hungary) catastrophe andpreserving detente. Anearlyconstructive response bytheNorth occupies animportant placeintheprocess ofEuropean security andco-operation.JP/ljb Co-operation inEuropewasanother manifestation ofthesignificance oftheSovietUnionandtheUnitedStatesthattheextension ofthearmsracetoouterspaceemerges asarealdanger. Weare broadinternational co-operation inpreventing themilitarization ofouterspace(Mr.Varkonyi, Hung~)A/40/PV.l6 43 fullyagreewiththeassertion intheorganization's appealtotheleaders ofthetostressthatco-operation, notconfrontation, isimperative inanuclear age.WeTheorganization calledInternational Physicians forthePrevention ofNuclearDuringitsfourdecades ofactivity ourworldOrganization hasdevotedgreat UniontotheGeneral Assembly atitspresent session concerning thedevelopment ofWewelcome andsupport thehighlyimportant proposals submitted bytheSovietthenuclear-arms race,andtoavertthethreatofathermonuclear war.But,despite disarmament efforts madeintheUnitedNations andinother andpromoting itspeaceful, non-military uses. WarhelditsfifthCongress inBudapest lastsummer. Thebasicthemeofthepathtowards theachievement ofthatgoalistheestablishment ofrelations between Congress, whichwasattended bydelegates fromnearlyallpartsoftheworld,wascoexistence andtheelaboration andadoption ofagreements basedontheprinciplesarmsraceandbringaboutaradical changeinthecour~eofevents. Areliableforums, thearmsracecontinues, andwithincreasing intensity. Following the convinced thatthereisarealchance, eveninthecurrent situation, tocurbthetheHelsinki process andimproving thegeneralpolitical atmosphere. ofequality andequalsecurity, withaviewtostopping thearmsrace,particularlydevelopment ofnewgenerations ofnuclear andotherweapons ofmassdestruction, co~ntries withdifferent socialsystems onthebasisoftheprinciples ofpeacefulfundamental importance andadopted resolutions toimplement them.attention totimelydisarmament issues, elaborated numerous positions ofpart,weshallmakeeveryefforttoseethattheForumcontributes tostrengtheningJP/ljbJP/ljb A/40/PV.l6 44-45 (Mr.VarkoH1i, Hungary) "indeed, thereisnowanewinternational consensus -thattheonlyrational response tothethreatofnuclear waristoworkforitsprevention". Thecommunity ofsocialist countries, including theHungarian People's Republic, haspresented awholerangeofconcrete proposals inpursuit ofthat goal.Inthatcontext, wedeemitofparticular impo~tance thateverynuclear Powerthathasnotyetdonesoundertake nottobethefirsttousenuclear weapons. Suchacommitment couldbeinstrumental inbringing aboutan international atmosphere thatwouldofferamorerealistic possibility ofhalting andreversing thenuclear-arms race. Wethinkthat,inaddition tobilateral talks,theGenevaConference on Disarmament, amultilateral forumestablished toelaborate disarmament accords, alsohasanessential roletoplayinthisfield. Concrete proposals forthe elaboration ofmeasures toprevent anuclear war,aswellasforthegeneral and complete prohibition ofnuclear-weapon tests,havelongbeenonthetableatthat Conference. Itistobenotedwithregretthatthenegative tendencies generated bytheattitude ofextremist circles haveinfactdoomedthatimportant disarmament forumtoinaction andlackofsuccess. Inconnection withnuclear disarmament, myGovernment attaches great significance totheNon-Proliferation Treaty, whichitwasamongthefirsttosign andratify. Theexperience oftheThirdReviewConference oftheParties tothe TreatyontheNon-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons, heldrecently, hasconfirmed us inourbeliefthatthereisapossibility ofpreventing thefurther spreadof nuclear weapons andthecommonwilltodoso.progress inarmscontrol and disarmament ontheEuropean continent, withitsstockpiles ofdestructive weapons, wouldbeofparamount significance forthewholeworld. Wewelcome anypositive effortaimedattheremoval ofweapons fromthatcontinent.NotH/13 A/4D/PV.16 46 (Mr.Varkonyi, Hungary) Wesupport theproposal ofCzechoslovakia andtheGermanDemocratic Republic forthecreation ofazonefreeofchemical weapons inEuropeD aproposal which couldmakeaneffective contribution totheelimination ofthisparticularly inhuman typeofweapon. Thepastyearhasseennoimprovement ofthesituation inlocal,ndregional hotbeds ofcrisis. Undertheprevailing unfavourable international conditions, therearealsonosignsofactualprogress intheirsettlement. Withthecontinuing Israeli occupation ofterritories ofseveral Arab
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement by a government representative (Mr. Varkonyi, Hungary) on international relations, security, and disarmament. The speaker discusses the importance of cooperation, the arms race, and the prevention of nuclear war. The text also touches on regional and local conflicts, and mentions specific international organizations and agreements.

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