at lower levels of arnanents in Europe sould serve to diroinish tensions on the continent. 175. The talks on rtrutual reduction of armed forcea and arnanents as r,ell as associated lDeasures in central Europe have been goirE on at Vienna since October 1973. Honever, no practical reEults have b€en achieved at them so far. At the sane time. agreerDent on tanqible reductton in the level of nilltary confrontation in tbe heart of the continent of Europe based on the principle of undiminished securiEy to either side could have a substantive i.npor tance for the sErengthening of security not only in Europe but throughouC the world. D. Implerpentation of disarnanent agreenents: compliance and verif ication 176. Disarmanent and arns limitation agreements should provide for adequate neasures of verificaEion satisfactory Eo all partiea concerned in order to create the necessary confidence and ensure LhaC they are b€ing observed by all parties. The forn and modalilies of the verification to be provided for in any specific agreenent depend upon anal should be determined by Ehe purpose, scope and nature of Ehe agreement. Agreernents should provide for Ehe parEicipat.ion of parties directlyor through the United Nations systen in Ehe verification process. llhere appropr i.ate, a combination of several mettrods of verlfication as ueII as other conpliance procedures should be ernployed. Whereas I00 per cent verifiability of conPliance cannot be expected in nost cages, it is necessary that all agreeoentsinclude co-operative neaaures and other 9tep9 to assure the effective verificalionof the treaty provisions. However, tbe elusiveness of perfec! verifiability rnustnot be allosed to becone an obstacle to further agreenents.A/ 40/553 Engl ish Page 47 177. Given tbe vital tnportance of verification to disarmanent, a Uniled Nations caPacity to provide this service, if the States concerned so request, could conatltute a valuable asseC in lhe inplemntation of future disarmanent
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