States parties to the Treaty undertook to seek to achieve the discontinuance of all test explosions of nuclear weapons for all time and expressed their determination to continue negotiations with this objective. In the non-proliferation Treaty, more than 20 years ago, they undertook to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures for the cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date. A slow, gradual approach, which justifies continued testing, sustains the nuclear arms race. The two threshold agreements between the super-Powers are technically and militarily meaningless. Threshold arrangements can only make genuine contributions to nuclear disarmament if they are linked to the early conclusion of a comprehensive test-ban treaty and the swift phasing out of nuclear tests. An effective nuclear test-ban treaty, with universal adherence, must be negotiated in a representative multilateral body. Complete draft treaty texts are on the table. In the Conference on Disarmament, where all five nuclear-weapon States are represented, the appropriate negotiating mechanism is already at hand. What is needed is the political decision to set it in motion. It has to be added that there is strong international opinion against continued nuclear tests by the principal nuclear testing Powers. In the current international atmosphere, these Powers should declare a nuclear test moratorium in anticipation of a comprehensive nuclear test ban. Over the years, the Conference on Disarmament has made considerable progress in its work on test-ban verification. The Ad hoc Group of Scientific Experts has elaborated a system for global seismic verification, which is currently being tested. Other verification techniques - such as the monitoring of airborne radioactivity and satellite-based surveillance of the infrastructure - could also be developed and could usefully be entrusted to the Group of Scientific Experts for deliberation. The global and reliable 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international agreements and negotiations related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. It mentions the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Conference on Disarmament, indicating a focus on international diplomacy and arms control. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a specialized or scientific context.

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Science and technology, International relations