the Soviet Union and the United States but also other countries. The treaty will result in more stable security at significantly lower levels of nuclear balance, and the risk of nuclear war will diminish. The treaty will become a major factor in ensuring an improvement in Soviet-American relations, and hence the entire global political climate. Finally, the treaty will become a springboard for moving towards still more radical agreements in the field of reductions in and qualitative limitations of strategic offensive arms. There is not much time left before the summit, and even less before the meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the USSR and the United States (to be held from 16 to 19 May), by which time mutually acceptable options with respect to outstanding issues with the START treaty must be found. As far as the Soviet delegation is concerned, it has been instructed to expedite this work in every way. The PRESIDENT : I thank the representative of the USSR, Mr. Batsanov, for his introductory statement and for his kind words addressed to me. I also wish to thank the head of the Soviet delegation to the bilateral negotiations on nuclear and space arms, our old friend and colleague Ambassador Yuri Nazarkin, for the statement that he has just delivered on the status of those negotiations. I now give the floor to the representative of Senegal, Ambassador Alioune Sene. Mr. SENE (Senegal) (translated from French): Mr. President, as I am taking the floor for the first time during this 1990 spring session of the Conference on Disarmament, I wish first of all to congratulate you on your election to the presidency of this important United Nations body. Knowing your outstanding qualities as a diplomat and your familiarity with international issues, we are certain that you will conduct our work 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic statement discussing a treaty related to nuclear arms reduction and disarmament. It mentions the Soviet Union and the United States, as well as the Conference on Disarmament, which suggests that the topic is international relations and security. The language used is formal and diplomatic, indicating that the text is likely a speech or statement made by a government representative.

**Category**
International relations, Security