objectives and subject of the negotiations , namely, that the issues of ending the arms race on earth and of preventing it in space should be resolved as interrelated problems. The key to success in the negotiations as a whole should be an agreement on banning the development, testing and deployment of space strike systems. Whatever the two sides might have at the moment in this class of weapons, namely, their anti-satellite systems, would be subject to destruction. Regrettably, the United States has so far been unwilling to consent to such an agreeme nt. In order to give an impetus to the negotiations, the soviet Union has recently put forward a number of major proposals which were announced during the visit to Paris of the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail s. Gorbachev. MLG/sm A/C.l/40/PV.S 19-20 (Mr. Petrovsky, USSR) First, we proposed to the Government of the United States that the two sides should agree to ban space strike weapons completely and to effect a truly radical, 50 per cent reduction in their nuclear arms capable of reaching each other's territory. Secondly, in order to facilitate an accord on an early mutual reduction of medium-range nuclear systems in Europe, we proposed that an agreement to this effect should be concluded separately, with no direct link to th~ problem of space and strategic arms. At the same time the USSR proposed that direct discussion~ on this subject should be initiated with France and the United Kingdom and that an acceptable solution should be found through joint efforts . AW/jcl A/C.l/40/PV.S 21 (Mr. Petrovsky, USSR) Thirdly, in addition to the Soviet Union's moratorium on the deployment of medium-range missiles in Europe, the number of SS-20 missiles we have on 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing international relations and disarmament, specifically the reduction of space strike weapons and nuclear arms, and the proposals made by the Soviet Union to achieve these goals. It does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues.

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