"Forty years ago, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were in ruins. Smoke hung over the desolate wastelands. The survivors were exposed to the incurable afflictions of atomic radiation. Still today, thousands touched by that frightful phenomenon are burdened with an agonizing existence and demonstrate the horror caused by the use of what now must be seen as two small, primitive and inefficient atomic bombs." Even today the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to be a horrible reminder of the danger looming over mankind. This tragedy underlines the unbearable burden of responsibility that would be borne by those statesmen and circles who dared to be the first to use nuclear weapons. Its memory is also an enduring incentive to those wno are searching for ways of saving the world from nuclear destruction. Four decades have proved to be insufficient time for certain imperialist circles to accept the futility and destructiveness of their policies of nuclear blackmail and pursuit of military superiority over the socialist countries. Throughout this entire period, from the moment of the production and use of the first atomic bomb and at all stages of the deployment of new systems of nuclear weapons, the initiation of each new round of the nuclear arms race has been justified by "concern" for the maintenance of peace and security. MLG/MO A/C.l/40/PV.ll 67 (Mr. Kostov, Bulgaria) Today, however, it has become perfectly clear that a nuclear conflict would have disastrous consequences for all states and nations and would imperil the very existence of mankind. The General Assembly of the united Nations has repeatedly affirmed that peace cannot be maintained, nor national security strengthened, through an endless acceleration of the arms race and the introduction of increasingly more sophisticated nuclear and other arms, including space weapons. In paragraph 47 of the Final Document of its tenth special session devoted to 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or a document discussing the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons and the need for international cooperation to prevent a nuclear conflict. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a high-level political or international organization. The text references the United Nations and its resolutions, which suggests that it may be a document from a UN meeting or a speech given by a representative of a country or organization.

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International relations, Science and technology