prevented agreement on a common formula for a legally-binding insErument. Whilethere is a continuing recognition that the non-nuclear-weapon States should effectively be assured against the use or t,hreat of use of nuclear hreapons, divergences in security perceptions of nuclear and non-nuclear States, and amongthe nuclear-lteapon States themselves, pose significant difficulties to efforts atthe realization of an early agreement on the guestion. 14. In the early 1970s, the Soviet, Union initiated an approach to the quesEion ofthe non-use of nuclear weaPons by linking such a prohibition to a general non-useof force in international relat,ions. Upon that initiative, the General Assembly adopted resolution 2936 (XXVII) on 29 November 1972, in paragraph 1 of which iE sol-emnly declared, on behalf of the States t'tembers of t,he Organization, "theirrenunciation of the use or t.hreat of force in all its forms and manifestations in inEernat.ional relations, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nationsr ;tndthe permanent prohibit.ion of the use of nuclear weapons". The resolution was adopted by 73 votes to 4, wit.h 46 abstent.ions. 15. Since becoming a nuclear Power in 1967, Cbina, for its part, has repeatedly affirmed that at no time and in no circumstances would it be the firsE to usenuclear h,eaPons and that, as an initial step towards the complete prohibition anddestruction of such weapons, all nuclear-weapon States, especially lhe Soviet Union and the United St.ates, should undertake the obligation not, Eo be the first to use such weapons and particularly not to use them against non-nuclear-weapon States and nuclear-weapon-f ree zones. 15. The first special session of Ehe General Assembly devoted to disarmament, in L978, marked the beginning of a new phase in the continuing search for ways toeliminate t,he growing danger of nuclear nar. The Final Document adopted at t,hat,
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations and disarmament, specifically the prevention of the use of nuclear weapons. It mentions the General Assembly, resolutions, and the views of various countries, indicating a focus on international governance and security.

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International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief