adopted as a result of the talks held in Geneva on 7 and 8 January this year between the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Soviet union and the Secretary of State of the United States, the subject-matter and the objectives of the negotiations under way between the two countries on nuclear weapons and space weapons were stipulated as follows: "The parties agree that the subject of negotiations will be a set of questions related to space weapons and nuclear weapons- both strategic and intermediate range -in which all these questions in their interrelationship will be considered and resolved. "The objective of the negotiations will be to prepare effective agreements aimed at preventing the arms race in space and at putting an end to that race on Earth, at limiting and reducing nuclear weapons and at strengthening strategic stability ••• "Both parties consider that the final objective of th~ negotiations as well as, in general, of all efforts to limit and reduce weapons should be the total elimination of nuclear weapons everywhere." That is a quotation from the joint declaration adopted by the United States and the Soviet Union on the eve of the resumption of their bilateral negotiations. It would be easy to present a long account of similar testimony, but I shall add just one more example. It is an example from the declaration adopted by the symposium which was held in New York -and not just in New York but in this very Headquarters of the United Nations -last April under the auspices of the Third-World Foundation for Economic and SOcial Studies and of the Parliamentarians for World Order, on the occasion of an award granted by the first of those institutions to the former Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, Willy Brandt. The substantive paragraphs of that declaration, which was adopted by 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement on international relations and disarmament, discussing the negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union on nuclear weapons and space weapons. The mention of the United Nations and a symposium on the topic also suggests a global and international context. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating a focus on policy and diplomacy rather than economic or social development.

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International relations, Science and technology