that in the nuclear age security must in the final analysis be built on co-operation, not on confrontation and nuclear deterrence. we have also proposed, as transitional measures, an immediate moratorium on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons and their delivery vehicles, called for the aboslute prevention of an arms race in space, and proposed negotiations aimed at a comprehensive test-ban treaty. In the current arms competition qualitative improvements dominate. New scientific discoveries and technological advances are rapidly transformed into new weapon systems. Today's research and development projects become tomorrow's ever more sophisticated weapons in an infernal cycle. In 1982, when Sweden introduced the proposal for a United Nations study of the military use of research and development, one compelling reason behind the proposal was precisely the intensity of the qualitative arms race and its destabilizing effects. The study was meant to look into the fundamental questions of the causes of the qualitative arms race and the mechanisms involved in its continuous escalation. Today, three years later, the need to ask and answer those basic questions has acquired added importance and urgency. The role of military research and development in the qualitative arms race must be seen as a continuing long-term concern of the United Nations. Despite considerable progress, the Group of governmental experts was not able to reach consensus on the draft report as a whole, but the area of disagreement was quite narrow. Ih view of the crucial nature of the subject, it is essential that the study of the military use of research and development be finalized. BG/4 A/C.l/40/PV.4 9 (Mrs. Theorin, Sweden) Efforts to stop the arms race are threatened by the expansion of the arms race into outer space. Events in this field clearly show the results of military research and development. It is not yet altogether clear what the consequences of 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the arms race, nuclear weapons, and the role of military research and development in this context. It highlights the need for international cooperation and negotiations to prevent an arms race in space and to achieve a comprehensive test-ban treaty. The text also mentions the importance of studying the military use of research and development to understand the causes and mechanisms of the qualitative arms race. Given the focus on international relations, disarmament, and scientific research, it seems likely that the text belongs to the category of...

**Science and technology, International relations**