canberemedied ifbothsidesarereadytocompromise, butthatmeansdiscussing, notthemythsandstereotypes ofwhicheveryone hasgrownweary,itmeansfocusing onthetrueproblems oftheworldcommunity andconsidering themonthebasisof equality, trueequality. Afterall,neither ofthetwosideshaseverlosttothe otherinawar,orevenabattle, andmoreover theyoweeachotherabsolutely nothing. Wewelcome thesignificant talksofForeign Minister Shevardnadze in Washington, beingconvinced thatGenevainNovember willfulfilwhatisexpected of it. Itisourviewthatachieving thedesired goal- aworldfreefromnuclear weapons -requires aspeedyformulation andadoption ofaprogramme ofnuclear disarmament. Nostalgic yearning forglobal hegemony doesnotcorrespond intoday's------------------------- A/40/P~.t8 63-65 (Mr.Chnoupek, Czedloslovakia) worldwiththelaws.ofnuclear physics. .Andsosuchaprogramme shouldencompasS IIOralandpolitical, aswellaslegalbut,abOYeall,practical andfar-reaching material measures basedontheprinciples ofreciprocity, equality andequal security. Itwouldofferahistoric opportunity tosetupabasisforapeaceful entryintothetwenty-first century, andwithacompletely different nuclear ,strategy andwithasignificant reduction oftheriskthatcivilization mayburn downinthefireofanuclear apocalypse. Ofcourse, noagreement hasanychanceofsuccessifamutualdeep understanding ofthecatastrophic natureofanuclearconflict doesnotdevelop and ifapolitical willandmutualrestraint donotdlangefalseillusions or unrealistically calculated intentions. Thatiswheretherational coreofanew thinking inthenuclear agelies. Weconsistently support alsotheproposal thatallnuclear Powerspledgenot tobethefirsttousenuclear weapons. Weadvocate bothaquantitative and qualitative freezeonnuclear weapons andwevaluethejointdeclaration ofthe HeadsofStateandGovernment ofArgentina, India,Mexico, Greece, SWedenand Tanzania adopted inJanuary thisyearinNewDelhi,whichemphasizes the extraordinar 11ystrongtopicalityofthoseissuestoday. Weattachgreatimportance totheTreatyontheNon-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons asasignificant factorstrengthening international security. Weidentify ourselves withtheresults ofthethirdReviewConference. Theyhaveconfirmed thatthatdocument isoneofthefundamental pillars oftheinternational legal system.Itisamajorobstacle totheproliferation ofnuclear weapons and,atthe sametime,itisaninstrument thatdoesprovidesufficient opportunity fortheuse ofnuclear energyforpeaceful purposes. Webelieve theTreatyshouldbemade fullyuniversal sothatitbecomes evenmoreeffective.AP/bo 1V40/PV.l8 66 (Mr.Chnoupek, Czechoslovakia) Anintegral partofthenon-proliferation regimeisthatexisting nuclear~weapon~free zonesberespected andnewonescreated. Wesupport the proposal foranuclear-free corridor inCentral Europe, whichdirectly involves Czechoslovakia. Wealsosupport suchzonesinthenorthern partofourcontinent and'intheBalkans. Wearereadytosupport anyconstructive proposals onthis question thatrelatetootherpartsoftheworldalso. Wealsoadvocate thespeedyconvening ofaconference todiscuss thequestion ofmakingtheIndianOceanazoneofpeace. Astoanother dangerous kindofweaponofmassdestruction, chemical arms,we advocate aworld-wide ban.Regrettably, practical progress onthisquestion atthe Conference onDisarmament inGenevahasbeenblocked bytheobstructionist attitude ofcertain well-known circles. Moreover, theUnitedStatesdecision toresume production ofbinarychemical ammunition destined mainlyforWestern Europemakes thissituation evenmoredifficult. Inthecircumstances, weconsideritnecessary totakeparallel stepsattheregional level,particularly inEurope. The Governments oftheCzechoslovak Socialist Republic andtheGermanDemocratic Republic proposed therefore totheGovernment oftheFederal RepUblic ofGermany thatweconclude anagreement onestablishing achemical-weapon-free zonethatat theinitialstagewouldinclude theterritories ofthosethreeStates. Weareglad tohearfromthestatement madeherebytheGovernment oftheFederal Republic of Germany thatitisstUdying ourproposal, andwehopethatitwilltakea favourable viewofit.Forourpart,wearereadytoopentherespective negotiations assoonaspossible. Wesupport measures toprevent anyincrease inmilitary expenditures, and indeedreducethem,sothattheresources madeavailable canbespentonsocialand economic development, particularly inthedeveloping countries.•AP/'oo A/40/PV.l8 67 (Mr.Chnoupek, Czechoslovakia) Wecontinue toattachgreatimportance totheConference onDisarmament in Genevaastheonlymultilateral disarmament forumofaglobalnature. Wewelcome
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