the weighty responsibilities of industry in negotiations on chemical weapons, and demonstrated that progress is possible when political ideals and practical goals are linked. As my delegation stressed at the Canberra Conference, the development of chemicals for peaceful purposes and the protection of confidentiality are two important dimensions to which due consideration should continue to be given. National trial inspections have contributed to the efforts to establish a common formula for verification. Much hope is placed on the realization of multilateral trial inspections in order to remove the remaining obstacles. The Fourth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons will be convened in Geneva in August of this year. As the forthcoming review conference is the final one of its kind under the mandate of the NPT, it will have significant implications for the future of the NPT up to and beyond the year 1995. Despite the long-standing contention on the genesis of the NPT, the contributions which the Treaty has made to international peace and security deserve wide recognition and appreciation. CD/PV.551 11 (Mr, tee, Republic of Korea) The NPT calls for horizontal as well as vertical non-proliferation, as they are a corollary to universal adherence whereby the Treaty's success will be assured. As a party to the Treaty since 1975, my country is fully committed to its obligations under the Treaty, including international safeguards. As the safeguard measures are a sine qua non for non-proliferation, those whose commitments fall short of such steps are called upon to complete their commitments by placing their nuclear facilities under full-scope international safeguards. Security assurances provided by nuclear-weapon States to non-nuclear-weapon States from another facet of the problem whereby the question of non-proliferation has been addressed. Security situations vary 
**Analysis**
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