But should this mean, as some people think, that one should wait on the sidelines for the Soviet Union and the United States to reach agreement on nuclear and space weapons? This is not our view. The present level of military danger calls for implementation of a number of urgent measures capable of reducing the threat of nuclear war, building confidence and slowing down the dangerous trends in the development of the situation. Above all, it is necessary to stop nuclear-weapon tests, which serve as a kind of catalyst for the nuclear-arms race. In view of the particular urgency of this question, the Soviet delegation intends to discuss it in detail in one of our forthcoming statements. Today I would like to stress only that the moratorium on any nuclear explosions introduced by the USSR last August offers a good and timely opportunity to break the deadlock on this problem. Once again, from this room, we · call upon the other nuclear Powers, and primarily upon the United states, to consider our initiative in a most serious manner, to make use of this opportunity and do everything possible to work out a treaty banning all nuclear-weapon tests. The need for an early conclusion of such a treaty has been once again brilliantly emphasized by our dean of disarmament experts, Ambassador Alfonso Garcia Robles. We are convinced that a complete freeze on nuclear weapons, primarily those of the USSR and the United States of America, would be a good starting point on the road to nuclear disarmament. As we all know, this idea was put forward in the United Nations by many countries and public figures, and it has our full support. \ we share these views. The nuclear freeze would contribute to strengthening strategic stability, since it would preserve the existing military and strategic 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the need to reduce the threat of nuclear war, proposing a nuclear freeze and banning nuclear-weapon tests. It also mentions the importance of building confidence and slowing down the nuclear arms race. The language and tone suggest a diplomatic or international relations context, focusing on a specific issue related to national security and disarmament.

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