under article VI to adopt at an early date agreements to halt the arms race and begin nuclear disarmament. Therefore it becomes increasingly urgent to adopt a treaty on the total prohibition of nuclear tests, which should be preceded by a moratorium on such tests, as the best way in which to ensure the success of the treaty negotiations. It is also essential that the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferat ion of Nuclear Weapons that supply materials, equipment and nuclear technology adopt a common policy with regard to the implementation of safeguards in the importing States, regardless of whether or not the latter are Contracting Parties to the Treaty. Otherwise we should be favouring reverse discrimination which, far from promoting a greater number of adherents to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, would promote the current status quo, which in some regions threatens the security of non-nuclear-weapon States that are Parties to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Peru was one of the first countries to implement the Treaty of Tlatelolco on its territory, as well as the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Therefore, on the basis of these credentials, we have unquestionable moral authority in this matter, and we . feel it is our duty to express our concern over the delay on the part of an NR/mh A/C.l/40/PV.ll 7 (Mr. Alzamora, Peru) extra-hemispheric Power in ratifying Additional Protocol I to the Treaty of Tlatelolco. For the same reason, we appeal to the States of the region that have not yet done so to implement that regional instrument so that Latin America as a whole can in fact be a nucl~ar-weapon-free zone. This interest in the successful conclusion of the Tlatelolco undertaking was strengthened on 6 August of this year, when the countries of the South Pacific 
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