As I am speaking for the first time at the summer session of the Conference on Disarmament, I would like to welcome the newly arrived heads of delegation, our new colleagues Ambassador Adolf Ritter von Wagner of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ambassador I. Chadha of India and Ambassador Joaquin Perez-Villanueva of Spain. At the same time, we note with great regret that Ambassadors Kamalesh Sharma and Ibafiez have left us recently, and that Ambassadors Dimitar Kostov, Istvan Varga and Luvsandorjiin Bayart, and also Ambassador Tran Hoan, have been appointed to new posts and will shortly be leaving the Conference. We wish them happiness, good health and success in their future work. The Soviet delegation has distributed within the Conference on Disarmament the text of a declaration of States parties to the Warsaw Treaty adopted at a meeting of the Political Consultative Committee in Moscow on 7 June 1990, and also a communique about that meeting. We took this step in our capacity as organizers of the meeting and in accordance with established practice. As far as I am aware, these documents will be issued by the secretariat tomorrow. I would like to say a few words on the declaration by way of introduction. Its adoption was dictated by the rapidly changing situation in Europe and the world as a whole. Thanks to the joint and convergent efforts made by States of East and West the threat of war has been banished to the past, and the security system which took shape during the years of the "cold war", founded on military antagonism and power confrontation, has begun to be dismantled. For the first time in the post-war period a unique opportunity has arisen to build a qualitatively new world based not on blocs but on joint structures' of European and universal security. CD/PV.557 3 (Mr. Batsanov, USSR)
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a statement by a representative of the Soviet Union at the Conference on Disarmament, discussing the recent developments in European and global security. The main topic is the adoption of a declaration by the Warsaw Treaty States, which is a security-focused document. There is no mention of economic development, natural resources, agriculture, industry, transport, international trade, health, education, employment, humanitarian aid, or culture. The focus is on international relations and security.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology