Conversely, behind the efforts deliberately to complicate the issues of control and reference to the difficulties related to its implementation there is an obvious reluctance on the part of certain States to commit themselves to any limitations that would prevent them from building up and perfecting their armaments. SG/10 A/C.l/40/PV.S 36 (Mr. Petrovsky, USSR) It is noteworthy that those States, while advocating control in words, are intensifying work on weapon systems and methods of their deployment which are less and less verifiable. If they were seriously concerned about the issue of control they would not drag out arms limitation talks but would try by actual deeds to reach early agreements on that score. For as a result of the arms race -and this must be b~rne in mind -the development of military technology undergoes rapid and profound changes, with qualitatively new types of weapons being developed which could make control over them and consequently their agreed limitation increasingly difficult, if not impossible. We consider measures to limit and reduce a~ms in close interrelationship with the solution of problems of economic development. Such measures would permit the release of enormous resources now wasted on the arms race and their use for the benefit of mankind's peaceful development and channel them to the solution of urgent social and economic problems in the developing countries. This, as we see it, should be the aim of the Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development which will take place next year. It is important for that forum to deal constructively with the question of how to release additional resources for purposes of development by means of practical arms limitation measures which are or could be the subject of any particular negotiations. We know that the road to a radical solution of the problems of ensuring 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the relationship between disarmament and development, highlighting the need to redirect resources from the arms race to peaceful development and social and economic problems in developing countries. It emphasizes the importance of finding practical arms limitation measures to achieve this goal. The text does not specifically mention economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues, but rather views them as a consequence of the arms race and a potential benefit of disarmament.

**Category**
International relations, Economy