necessarily have an effect on North-South relations. The new climate will also have a positive effect in the field of disarmanent. At this point we are in an ideal position to make a change, to exchange the traditional concept of security viewed as confrontation for another idea of security based on co-operation. In our view, this new strategy will have to be built around four interrelated aims. I am going to refer to these four aims, which we consider to be fundamental. First, the steady building-up of a climate of trust. We have often said that while mistrust persists, one country's security patterns will always be based on lack of security for others. The second point is the need to reformulate military doctrines and strategies so that the aim is not to make war but to prevent war. This will mean the elimination of strike capacity and military superiority where it exists. The third point is the establishment in various cases of a balance of forces at lower levels. These new levels must be set so as to correspond to the level of trust, the new trust, and the defensive character of military strategies, and must be accompanied by verification machinery, because without verification there is no security. And the fourth point is the need to channel the benefits of disarmament towards the development and welfare of peoples. Only in a system of co-operative security, security in co-operation, will we be able to make the triangular relationship between disarmament, development and security a reality. To sum up, I think that we are now living through a profound contradiction between political reality and military reality, and that the process of disarmament should cause military reality to march in step »ith political reality. This means that many objectives that 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the concept of security and disarmament, with a focus on building trust and cooperation between nations. The language used is diplomatic and strategic, suggesting a high-level policy discussion. The text does not mention specific economic or environmental issues, but rather uses the concept of security to frame the discussion.

**Category**
International relations, Science and technology