proposals" aimed, inter alia, "for the elimination from national armaments of atomic weapons". Since then, dozens of resolutions have been adopted by the Assembly on the various aspects of the nuclear arms race and on nuclear disarmament. It might be said that that body, the one most highly representative of the international community, would like in this way to make up for the involuntary omission in the Charter in respect of those terrible instruments of mass destruction that nuclear weapons constitute. Among the international documents that have been adopted thus far in 1985, I shall not hesitate to mention first the New Delhi Declaration, both because of its foresight and important contents and the high level of its sponsors who, as representatives know, were six Heads of State or Government of six countries - among whom it was the privilege of the President of Mexico to be numbered -from four different continents. One of the paragraphs of that Declaration, signed on 28 January 1985 in the capitala of India, noted that: BG/5 A/C.l/40/PV.3 13-15 (Mr. Garcia Robles, Mexico) "Almost imperceptibly, over the last four decades, every nation and every human being has lost ultimate control over their own life and death ••• " and that "a small group of men and machines in cities far away ••• can decide our fate." (A/40/114, annex, p. 3) Then the sponsors affirmed with particular emphasis: "Two specific steps today require special attention: the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and a comprehensive test ban treaty." (Ibid., p. 4) Those two issues, most intelligently highlighted in the New Delhi Declaration, are the ones that I wish to consider in this statement, beginning with the one which, as in previous years, is entitled "Cessation of all test explosions of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations, disarmament, and nuclear weapons, which are all related to the field of international security and diplomacy. The mention of the United Nations, international documents, and the involvement of heads of state or government suggests that the topic is more focused on global politics and international cooperation rather than a specific sector like economy, industry, or education.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology