It should be emphasized that the lessons of the Second world war and 40 years of activity on the part of the United Nations mean that Member States are called on to act together to that end, united and with determination as nations that are truly united. As aptly pointed out in the statements of many delegations, the cause of the continuing tension in the world is the attempts of militaristic circles in the west to achieve military superiority at all costs by stockpiling and further refining virtually all types of armaments. That is a policy which accelerates the already head-long arms race, and which will lead to a growing danger of its vertical and horizontal extension into new areas and a sharp increase in the threat of war. The authors and protagonists of the policy of military superiority have deliberately sabotaged efforts to achieve disarmament and arms limitation. In this connection we need only refer to the fact that in the first half of the 1980s, which, as members know, has been declared as the Second Disarmament Decade, not a single agreement on disarmament or arms limitation has been achieved. It has not even been possible to initiate multilateral talks on such important issues as the prevention of nuclear war, the general and complete prohibition of nuclear weapons tests, the prevention of the arms race in outer space, and so forth. The high point in this attitude was first the announcement by washington of its intention to BHS/gt A/C.l/40/PV.9 69-70 (Mr. Bayart, Mongolia) been possible to initiate multilateral talks on such important issues as the prevention of nuclear war, the general and complete prohibition of nuclear weapons tests, the prevention of the arms race in outer space, and so forth. The high point in this attitude was first the announcement by washington of its intention to 
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