taking a tinely and correct action if it issued, as proposed in the draftresolution, a warning that there could never be any justification or pardon for Ehose who took a decision to be the first to use nuclear \,reapons, and that anydoctrine endorsing the first use of nuclear'lreapons would be incompatible with theprinciples of human morality and the ideals of the United Nations. 22. Several States, including Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and l,longolia, expressed strong supporL for the Soviet. initiative. Bulgaria stressed the danger of the emergence in certain Western circles of doctrines such as that of a lirnited nuclear war and pointed out thaE the text of the Soviet proposal first and forerrcst was aimed at ensuring survival and preserving civilization. The provision stating thatit was the supreme duty and direct obligation of leaders of nuclear-weapon Statesto act so as to eliminate the risk of the outbreak of nuclear conflict was alsopart.icularly important. Czechoslovakia also emphasized those points and, noting^/40 / 498 Engl ish Page I0 that eliminating the scourge of war was the very cornerstone of the work of Ehe United Nations, staEed that the proposed declaration would be an importantpolitical instrument to promote the preservation of peace and save mankind from nuclear caEastrophe. l4ongolia sinilarly referred to the fact that new and dangerous ideas were being put forward, thus naking preventing efforts urgently essential. ft added that the nuclear arms race should be halted and reversed byjoinE effort.s of all countries through honest and equitable negotiations. 23. Some West,ern States questioned the usefulness of the proposal. For instance, the F'ederal Republic of Germany, while asserting that no Member of Ehe United Nations wanted to dissociate itself from the objective of naking nuclear war impossible, criticized whaE it considered to be an ambiguous relationship between Ehe new initiative and earlier Soviet protrrosals, incompatibilities between thedraft resolution and various statenents of Soviet nilitary doct,rine, and certain
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations, disarmament, and security, with a focus on the use of nuclear weapons and the prevention of nuclear war. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that it may be a document from a United Nations meeting or a proposal for international action.

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