non-alignment at the Bandung Conference. In this thirtieth anniversary year of that Conference, my delegation is gratified to see such a distinguished representative of Indonesia occupying the chair of this important Committee, and we offer you, and the other officers of the Committee, our sincere congratulations and good wishes. Your unique traditions of decision-making through consensus, reflected in the concepts of Mushawara and Musafat, augur well for our work. We would also like to compliment Under-Secretary-General Martenson, who continues to lead his important Department with wisdom and dilligence. It is relevant to recall that in 1955 the Final Communique of the Bandung Conference, addressing itself to the question of disarmament, stated: AW/sm A/C.l/40/PV.9 44-45 (Mr. Dhanapa la, Sri Lanka) "The problem of peace is correlative with the problem of international security. In this connection all States should co-operate, especially throogh the United Nations, in bringing about the reduction of armaments an_d the elimination of nuclear weapons under effective international control." That affirmation of the central role of the United Nations and the importance of multilaterialism in the achievement of disarmament remains a cardinal principle of the Non-Aligned Movement. It was reiterated most recently at the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement, held in Luanda in September this year, the Final Declaration of which stated: "The Ministers underlined the central role and primary responsibility of the United Nations in the field of disarmament. They underlined that all ~e people of the world have a vital interest in disarmament negotiations, the right to participate on an equal footing in disarmament negotiations affecting their national security and an inherent right to contribute to their success. Bilateral and multilateral negotiations on disarmament should facilitate and complement, rather than hinder or preclude, each other. Therefore, the conference on Disarmament should be kept appropriately informed of all steps 
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