It is a secret to no one that the great challenge of our century, the basic goal of the highest international Organization to which we belong -and whose fortieth anniversary we are celebrating this very year -is to give rationality to the logic of excessive military power, so that it may be possible to find a means of coexistence, and not a means of destruction. Can we achieve this in the agenda we have before us and in the resolutions we adopt each year? It must be noted that we are far from achieving effective AW/jcl A/C.l/40/PV.9 7 (Mr. Sucre Figarella, Venezuela) solutions. Disarmament is one of those global concepts that defy all compromise precisely because it involves the most decisive problems of politics as an expression of power, of action and reaction, involving the strategic considerations of the big Powers. Hence, achieving satisfactory results is not easy; it is an objective that involves the most fundamental factors of power. we can go on repeating ad nauseam the arguments in favour of disarmament. In fact, no other Committee has taken up more time expressing its good intentions to define the formula that may completely meet the lofty aspirations of mankind. None the less, time goes by and the arms race becomes increasingly complex and irreversible. As a drafter of treaties once said on this issue: "It would be an instructive exercise for historians to compare whether there is any case in the history of a problem universally defined as serious and dangerous where so little serious efforts have been made to find a solution to it or to reduce its gravity." We find ourselves involved in a complex of technological factors, ambitions, fears and arrogance that immeasurably complicate the nature of decisions, even though what is needed is clear and obvious. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the challenge of disarmament and the difficulties in achieving it, highlighting the complexity of the issue and the lack of progress despite good intentions. It emphasizes the need for rationality in the logic of military power to achieve coexistence rather than destruction. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a discussion within an international organization or forum.

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International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief