convent ional warfare Eake place in Europe, rhere ltre t,,o great alliances courdtruly concenErate their fireporyer, Ehe destruction could be unirnaginable. And thisis even rrithouE regard Eo the rear danger that any convent.ional confrict in Europeor elsewhere night escalate to nuclear nar. lloreover, advances in Ehe technotogyof convencionar weapons, the deveLoprDent of new and nore Lethar types of weapons and increases in the size of Eapon inventories, have rnagnif ied the destructlvenessof l,ar' worl-d-wide conpetit.ion in conventional weapons has lhus acquired special dangers of its o$n. Advancing Eechnology haE produced aone 'conventional" {eaponsthat are increasingly capabl.e of nassive and indiscriminaEe dest.ruction. E. The securiEy of developing counEries 85. security issues in developing countri.es have acqutred a special degree ofurg€ncy. l,tany developing count.r ies are faced nith ?ar and deprivation. Given Ehegrowing econonic and political rinks of interdependence b€tueen the deveroped anddeveloPing regions. security concerns ot the developing countries increasinglyinfluence the entire internat.ional systen. The security ixlplications of unrest indeveloping countries are nagnified by the possibility of political, econonic ornilitary intervention by the great powers. 86. For nany of Ehe four billion inhabitants in the developing countries, securityis conceived at the nost basic Level of the st.ruggle for individual survival.Eight hundred ni.rlions rive in absorute poverty and deprivation. Five hundrednillions are malrFurished. Many nillions have no access to safe drinkinglrater anddo nol have the incone nece'sary Eo purchase food. They lack protection agains!the consequences of environrnental degradation and natural calanities, such asfloods and drought, uhich. in Africa in particular, have produced fanine andsuffering of unprecedented propor Eions. 8'1- The continuation of coloniarisn and racisra in certain parls of the world,particuLarly in southern Africa, has added to the insecurity of those areas. SouthAfricars policy of racial oppression and apartheid against its najority Africanpopulation and acts of aggression against neighbouring African States causeA/40/553 Engl ish Page 29 inCernational destabilization in the continent and conStitule threats tointernaEional peace and security. south Africa,s ilregar occupation of Nanibia iscontrary Eo the principles of self-delerninat ion ensbrined in the Charter of the
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the global security concerns and threats to international peace, with a focus on the developing countries and the impact of conventional warfare, colonialism, and environmental degradation. The author highlights the vulnerability of developing countries to external threats, poverty, and deprivation, and the need for international cooperation to address these issues.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations