3. The Government of Hungary has welcomed the agreement reached by Ehe Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of Ehe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Andrei Gromyko, and Secretary of State of the United States of America, George Shultz, during theirtalks at Geneva on 7 and 8 January 1985 to start substantive negotiations with a view to halting the arms race and reducing t.he threat of miliEary confronEation. The agreement creates a possibility to elaborate mutually acceptable agreements by consistent adherence Eo the principles of equality and egual securiEy. 4. The Government of Hungary considers that non-first use of nuclear weapons would be a major step toqrards the prevent,ion of nuclear war. It would deem it, useful for all nuclear Powers to undertake, following the example set by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, not to be the first to use nuclear weapons. The effectiveness of such unilaEeral commitments would be enhanced bytheir inclusion in an international legal instrument. Creation of nuclear-weapon-free zones in various parts of the world, particularly in Europe, would also be a useful contribution to the prevention of nuclear war.A/40/498 Engl ish Page 52 5. A conmitnent by the nuclear-weapon Stat.es not to use nuclear weapons under anycircumstances aEains! countries that possess no nuclear lreapons and have no such weapons on their territories would contribute effectively to strengEhening thesecurity of States' the Treaty on the Non-ProLiferation of Nuclear Weapons and thenon-proliferation r6E ime. 6. Agreement by the nuclear-weapon Stat.es on a quantitative and qualitative freeze on their nuclear arsenals under an appropriate system of verification, wouldbe a major step forward on the road to nuclear disarmament and would open upfurther possibilities for the reduct.ion and complete eliminaeion of nucleararsenals, thereby definitively removing the threat of a nuclear rdar.
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