also of the opinion that the Conference on Disarmament should speed up its work of drafting relevant international instruments on this subject. -We attach very great importance to the further strengthening and full implementation of the provisions of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons which, in 15 years, has become one of the cornerstones of international law. That Treaty created a remarkably durable and reliable system of control exercised by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and its experience could also be used in questions of verification in the broader framework of the nuclear disarmament process. We share the conclusions of the recent Third Review Conference of Parties to the NPT; we are in favour of increasing its effectiveness, as it constitutes the main barrier to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and hope that it will become universal. An effective measure against the proliferation of nuclear weapons in other parts of the world would be the creation of nuclear-weapon-free zones. The position of Czechoslovakia on this question is that it consistently supports strict respect for the denuclearized status of those zones and the creation of new such zones. We consider that the proposals to create nuclear-free zones in the north of Europe and in the Balkans, and a nuclear-free corridor in central Europe, are very timely. That corridor, passing close to the interface between the two main military-political alliances, would certainly help to reduce the dangerous level of military confrontation in Europe. MLG/ve A/C.l/40/PV.S 42 (Mr. Penazka, Czechoslovakia) We are resolutely in favour of convening a conference -not later than the first half of next year -to make the Indian Ocean a zone of peace and we fully support the efforts of the States of that area successfully to complete preparations for that important measure. The United Nations plays a central role and bears the main responsibility in 
**Analysis**
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