Sweden has long taken an active interest in naval nuclear disarmament. Increasingly, naval issues are debated in both military and civilian circles, both outside and within various disarmament forums. On the Swedish side we have listened carefully to the pros and cons. It is the view of my Government that all military forces should be dealt with in the appropriate forums, and that no single category of weapons, be they nuclear, chemical or conventional, can be excluded in the search for security at lower levels of armaments. Sweden would like to challenge those who may wish to pursue a selective logic, arguing in favour of disarmament and openness in certain fields, but not in others. Furthermore, time will show that it is essential to prevent the circumvention of agreements reached in other areas by means of changes in naval force structures. And maybe it is time for a little optimism in this respect. It now seems possible that sea-launched cruise missiles will be encompassed in forthcoming bilateral agreements. This may be a breakthrough. Another area where further progress may come is the sharing of information acquired by various means, in and above international waters. Globally, it may even prove less difficult to achieve agreement on this kind of information-sharing than on information acquired through observation of national territories. Furthermore, it appears that more and more nations recognize the value of agreements on the prevention of incidents at sea. I hope that such agreements can be standardized through multilateral negotiations in the CD as soon as possible. All possible measures should be actively pursued to increase openness and transparency concerning vessels carrying nuclear and conventional weapons. This includes the sensitive but important issue of the navigation of such vessels, which has created a great deal of mistrust. The nuclear-weapon States should abandon their outdated practice of neither confirming nor 
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