strategic offensive nuclear weapons of the two super-Powers and a universal and non-discriminatory convention banning chemical weapons for ever. These very welcome prospects are not enough to dispel all of our fears and misgivings. There are still too many nuclear weapons. Chemical weapons remain and have been used, and there are threats that they could be used again. The risk of an arms race in outer space has not disappeared and naval disarmament is still not on everyone's agenda. Many States seem not to be ready yet to give up resort to military force to solve their differences with other States. Even with the good news of recent vintage, the international community has to go a step further, and address in a global way those problems which are unequivocally global. The better way to do this is through increased use of the multilateral system, where all nations and regions are represented or can make their voices heard. A former Brazilian Foreign Minister, Ambassador Araujo Castro, once active in our CD, made a memorable speech many years ago dedicated to what he called the three Ds - disarmament, development, decolonization - which were then the main items on the United Nations agenda. With the recent accession of Namibia to independence, a most significant page of the saga of decolonization has been turned, and one of those three Ds is now almost disposed of. Disarmament and development, on the contrary, will be with us for a long while yet, and will constitute a significant part of the agenda of the international community in the 1990s. This forum has a major role to play in the global process of disarmament, as the only multilateral forum that can negotiate measures in this field. I would like to share with you some of the general guidelines my 
**Analysis**
The text discusses disarmament, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and the role of the multilateral system in addressing global problems. It also mentions development and decolonization, which suggests that the text is focused on international relations and global governance. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating that the text is likely from a high-level political or international organization.

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