sUbmarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)launchers andmodernballistic missile submarines. Theunderstanding asexpressed intheProtocol totheInterim Agreement wasthattheUnitedStates shouldnothavemorethan44modernballistic missile submarines and710SLBMswhiletheSoviet Unionshouldnothavemorethan 62modernballistic missile submarines and950SLBMs. 245.Further limitations onandreductions instrategic offensive armswere envisaged intheTreaty between theUnitedStates andtheUnionofSovietSocialist Republics ontheLimitation ofStrategic Offensive Arms(SALTII,1979). However, thisTreaty hasnotformally entered intoforcealthough bothparties statethat theyhavebeenabiding bytheprovisions oftheagreement. TheTreaty wastohave remained inforceuntil31December 1985. E.Declarations 1.Declaration ofAyacucho 246.TheDeclaration ofAyacucho, whichwassigned byArgentina, Bolivia. Chile. Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, PeruandVenezuela in1974andratified bytheparties in1978.andtheConference onConventional Weapons heldatMexicoCityin1978are noteworthy regional contributions withregard, interalia,toarmscontrol, includinq navalarms,andthepeaceful settlement ofinternational disputes andthe prohibition ofthethreat ofUSeofforceandofarmedaggression orofeconomic or financial aggression inrelations between States. Therehasbeennofurther progress ineithercase,except forthetwoyears' workonelaboration ofprojects ofarmscontrol accomplished byexperts oftheAndean Groupwithintheframework of theDeclaration ofAyacucho. 2.Declaration ontheDenuclearization ofAfrica 247.Atitsfirstregular session. heldatCairofrom17to21July1964,the Assembly ofHeadsofStateandGovernment oftheOrganization ofAfrican Unity (OAU)adopted adeclaration onthedenuclearization ofAfrica inwhichthe HeadsotStateandGovernment announced theirreadiness toundertake, inan international treatytobeconcluded undertheauspices oftheUnitedNations. not tomanufacture oracquire control ofnuclear weapons. Sincethatdate,theGeneral Assembly hasrepeatedly called uponallStatestoconsider andrespect the continent ofAfrica, inclUding thecontinental African states, Madagascar andother islands surroundinq Africa, asanuclear-weapon-free zone.28/ /...A/40/535 English Pag~68 248.Onthatoccasion theAfrican States havestatedthat,recognizing thatthe denuclearization oftheAfrican continent constitutes apractical measure for impeding theproliferation ofnuclear weapons intheworldandforpermitting the attainment ofgeneral andcomplete disarmament andtheachievement ofthe objectives oftheCharter oftheUnitedNations. theyreaffirm theirappealtoall States. particularly thoseofthenuclear club,torespect thecontinent ofAfrica asanuclear-weapon-free zone.TheAfrican States havealsoreaffirmed their long-standing attachment tonuclear disarmament andtotheprevention ofanuclear waraswellastothenon-proliferation ofnuclear weapons, inparticular tothe prevention oftheintroduction ofnuclear weapons intheContinent. TheAfrican States haveconsidered thatanynon-proliferation regimedepends essentially onthe attitude oftheStates members ofthenuclear club.IfthoseStates wishtomove forward inthisfield,theAfrican States havedeclared. theyshouldnotadvocate non-proliferation whi~e,atthesametime,reinforcing theirownnuclear stocks, or directly orindirectly helping theirallies, inparticular SouthAfrica, whose military andnuclear capabilities threaten international peaceandsecurity. 3.Declaration oftheIndian OceanasazoneofPeace 249.TheDeclaration oftheThirdConference ofHeadsofStateorGovernment of Non-Aligned Countries, heldatLusaka from8to10September 1970.called uponall Statestoconsider andrespect theIndian Oceanasazoneofpeacefromwhichgreat Powerrivalries andcompetition aswellasbasesconceived inthecontext ofsuch rivalries andcompetition should beexclUded. anddeclared thattheareashould alsobefreeofnuclear weapons. Subsequently. theGeneral Assembly adopted resolution 2832(XXVI)of16December 1971. bywhichtheIndianOcean,within limitstobedetermined, together withtheairspace aboveandtheoceanfloor SUbjacent thereto, wasdesignated foralltimeasazoneofpeace. TheAssembly alsocalled uponthegreatPowerstoenterintoconsultations withthelittoral
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The text appears to be discussing international agreements and declarations related to arms control, disarmament, and the prevention of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It mentions specific treaties and declarations, such as the Protocol to the Interim Agreement, the Treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, and the Declaration of Ayacucho. The text also touches on the idea of designating certain regions, such as the African continent and the Indian Ocean, as zones of peace. Given the focus on international relations, arms control, and disarmament, it seems likely that the text falls under the category of...

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