cause of the aros race, which in turn enhances that very insecurity' and in so far as nuclear arma&ent s are the end of a spectrutr tthich begins with conventional- r,[eapons ' the probleo of reversing the trcnd of a rapidly worsening vorld. situation cal1s for a basic reappreisal of af1 interrelated factors. The solution of the problem of ensuring secu-rity cannot be for;nd in an increase in the number of States possessing nuclear weapons or, indeed, in the retention of nucl-ear weapons by the Powers currently possessing them. An Agreenent to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons as reconnended by the United Nations, freely negotiateal anil genuinety observed' would therefore be a powerful step in the right d.irection, as vou.ld also an agreement on the reduction of existing nuclear arsenals ' Security for a]L corDtries of the world must be sought through the elirnination of a1l stockpiles of nucJ.esr weapons antl the banning of their use, by vay of genera"l and complete d.isarnament. "p2. A conprehensive test ban treaty, prohibiting the underground testing of truclear d.evices, would a.1so contribute to the obiectives of non-proliferation and !tou]-d. clear].y help to slow down the nuclear arms race, So woul-d effective measures safeguarding the security of non-nuclear countries. Nuclear-weapon-free zones aatditional to those of Ant€.rctica and latin Anerica, covering tbe roaximr.rm geographical extent possible antl ta.king into account other measutes of arms control and disarma,nent, vou]-d. equelly be of naJor assistance. "93. These measures are mentioned neither to argue the case for then nor to set them in any order of priority' i'lhat the analysis of the whole problen shows is that any one of them, or any combination of then, cou.ld help inhibit the further nultipli.cation of nuclear *""pott" Por\re?s or the further elaboration of existing nuclear arsenals
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