agenda item 7. Since this is the last time that Ambassador Varga has taken the floor in the plenary of the Conference, I would like to wish him on behalf of the Conference and on my own behalf all the very best for success in his future activities and private life. I now give the floor to the representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ambassador Ri Tcheul. CD/PV.572 4 Mr, RI TCHEUL (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) (translated from French): Mr. President, first I should like to congratulate you on the very competent manner in which you have been guiding this month's work of the Conference, which is taking place in an atmosphere of special expectation and interest. Even in an international political situation tending towards detente and disarmament, there are serious problems in certain sectors and there has been no change in a number of disputed regional issues. It is the threat of nuclear weapons that is the biggest threat to world peace and security and the existence of mankind. The nuclear horrors ushered in 45 years ago still make mankind shudder today, and the enormous power of nuclear destruction accumulated by the fierce nuclear arms race keeps human beings in a permanent state of anxiety and fear. Today is precisely the forty-fifth anniversary of that unforgettable day when an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki mercilessly killing many Japanese and Koreans. It is the common desire of all, regardless of differences of ideologies and regimes, to live in peace in a stable world, free of nuclear weapons. Mr. President, effective measures to settle without delay the problems that haunt us all should be taken immediately with a view to non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament. First, the nuclear weapon States should reduce the nuclear-weapon stocks 
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