In the realm of outer space, we have observed the unbridled competition of the two super-Powers to acquire unsurpassed military capabilities in that new frontier of their rivalry. All efforts of the international community to expand the incipient legal regime that declared outer space "the province of mankind" have so far proved incapable of stopping and reversing the deadly race for superiority in space. My delegation hopes that it will be possible at this session to improve upon the agreement reached, despite one absention, at the thirty-ninth session of the General Assembly, which enabled the Conference on Disarmament to establish a subsidiary body on this question. Now is the time for last year's procedural progress to bear substantive fruit. We also see an urgent need to curb and reverse the current proliferation of nuclear weapons, both in its vertical and in its geographical dimensions. While the bilateral negotiations which were once again started between the super-Powers have yet to produce any tangible measure of nuclear disarmament -as was also the case in the past -we hope that the coming meeting of the leaders of the two most armed nations in the world will provide a long-awaitea impulse to their private talks. Meanwhile, the vast majority of mankind should not remain hostage to the logic of confrontation which has been responsible for the dissemination of nuclear weapons all over the earth, be it in the air, on land or in and under the oceans. Brazil is particularly sensitive to the need for strengthening the status of Latin America as a nuclear-weapon-free region. In this connection, we attach particular importance to the preservation of the South Atlantic as a peaceful zone, untouched by the arms race, by the presence of nuclear weapons or by any form of confrontation originating in other regions. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the international community's efforts to regulate the use of outer space and curb the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The focus is on the competition between superpowers and the need to prevent the dissemination of nuclear weapons globally. The text also mentions the importance of maintaining a peaceful zone in the South Atlantic region. These themes suggest that the text is related to international relations, security, and disarmament, which are typically associated with categories outside of economic development and natural resources.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology