and bave helped reduce dangers of unauthorized or inadverten! use of nuclearweaPons. Still other sygtems Ehat are available to a few countries assi.st inverifying arns I j.nit.ation agreernents. such systems would be placed atJrisk by the existence or developnent of anei-satellite weapons. 169. In addition to tesEing and deploying anti-satellite syslems Cha! rely on the use of projectiles. increased aEeention is devoEed Co research and development of more advanced space eeapons systems, for instance laser-bean seapons andparlicle-bearn $eapons, which nould further dininish stability and confidence.Therefore, it i.s urgent that negotiations be pursued leadirq Eo effective measuresfor the Prevent.ion of an arns race in outer space before sucb technotogj,cal developnents b€come realiti.es. IE is inporEant that all States, in parCicular those r|ith najor space capabil-ities, Eake imtrediate neasures to prevent an arnsrace in ouEer space. 170. Biological eeapons have been conpletel-y banned by the Biological !{eapons Convention in 1975. The threat of other' weapons of nass d€struction. in particular chenical rreapons, nusE also b€ contained. But shile the actual use of cbenical weapons was prohibited in the 1925 ceneva protocol no resEricEions exisE on ttredevelopnent. production and slockDilinq of such i.eapons. Concern has been aroused abouE the use of chenical weapons. Research and developnenE on nerd generations ofchenicar {eapons including "binary" chenical nunitions have been inEensified. Theurgency of a conplete ban on chenical seapons is therefore greaCer than ever.Negotiations within the Conference on Disarmament on this natter sere intensitiedin 1984 and have nade sone progress. Tbe concl,usion of sucb a treaty eouldrePr€sent an imporeant step forsard in Ehe connon quest for securiEy. I7I. Arms transfers betreen nations are noe nee. As lorq as war and military
**Analysis**
The text discusses the dangers of the proliferation of weapons in outer space and the need for international agreements to prevent an arms race in space. It also mentions the threat of biological and chemical weapons and the need for a complete ban on their development, production, and stockpiling. The text highlights the importance of international cooperation and negotiations to prevent the misuse of these weapons.

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Science and technology, International relations