My country's commitment to the ban on chemical weapons is full and definite. At the Ministerial Conference on Chemical Weapons held in Paris in January last year, the Foreign Minister of my country made it clear that the Republic of Korea is not in possession of chemical weapons, nor has it the intention to acquire or produce them. The Workshop on Chemical Weapons in Munster in June, hosted by the Federal Republic of Germany, provided us with a valuable opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the destruction and verification aspects of chemical weapons. It was a very useful and enlightening experience; particularly the magnitude of costs and safety measures involved with destruction struck us as another important dimension of the problems deserving much attention and consideration. In the nuclear field, the year 1990 may well be registered as eventful. The agreement reached between the two super-Powers at the Washington Summit to reduce their respective strategic offensive arms underlines another major step forward in the area of nuclear disarmament since the signing of the INF Treaty. The Conference on Disarmament saw the establishment of an Ad hoc Committee on a Nuclear Test Ban, and the preparatory consultations held in New York paved the way for the convocation of the Amendment Conference of the Partial Test Ban Treaty in January next year. As the Fourth NPT Review Conference is fast approaching, it becomes the foremost preoccupation of the world disarmament community. In view of the particular importance attached to the future of the NPT beyond 1995, all the pertinent issues are expected to come under most exhaustive review. No doubt, CD/PV.573 9 (Mr, Sang Ock Lee. Republic of Korea) a full-scope safeguards agreement under IAEA is an essential obligation under the non-proliferation regime. Yet, a certain party to the regime, possessing nuclear facilities and putting this vital commitment on hold, provokes 
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