with the hope that there will be consensus on the validity of the Treaty after 1995, which will make it possible to strengthen the universality of this disarmament instrument in the interest of peace and world security. In fact, the halting and banning of nuclear tests constitute the best means of fighting for non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, especially as a real process of nuclear disarmament has begun. In the meantime, the non-nuclear-weapon States demand negative security assurances within the framework of an international instrument or a formula legally binding on all the parties. Since the nuclear-weapon States made unilateral declarations of negative security assurances, the Conference on Disarmament has been unable to arrive at a legal arrangement in due form despite the broad consensus which, moreover, is based on the rules of international customary law concerning the prohibition of any resort to force except in cases of self-defence. It is true that, through their declarations on negative security assurances, the nuclear-weapon States have acknowledged that resort to such weapons could only be contemplated in a much smaller number of cases than resort to conventional weapons. At the very least it is to be hoped that the Conference on Disarmament will make progress on this matter by drawing up an arrangement or measures of an internationally legally binding nature. Another problem which prompts as much concern as the others is the prevention of an arms race in space, concerning which we have just heard very detailed presentations. Naturally, in the age of satellites, space technologies and the services they offer make them fundamental media of communication, information and data transmission, important matters in the modern world today. But it is no secret that in the system for the exploitation of space, there is an inevitable dissemination of military technologies at both the strategic and the tactical level. Yet under 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses international relations, disarmament, and security, indicating that it is focused on the global context and the interactions between nations. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that the text is a speech or a document from an international organization. The topics mentioned, such as nuclear disarmament, negative security assurances, and the prevention of an arms race in space, are all related to international security and the maintenance of world peace.

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