1. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 39/L48 P, the Government of Yugoslavia wishes to express its views on the guestion of preventing nuclear r,rar. 2. Yugoslavia considers that in adopting a position towards an armed conflictr and nuclear war in particular, any nember of the international communityr dDy Stateor inter-State body, should be guided by the Charter of the United Nations,particularLy Article 2 thereof stating the obligations binding for all [tenber States, according to which they should refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State. 3. This is all the more important. since the prevention of nuclear hrar is a key issue on which world peace and security and the survival of mankind depend. 4. The extent of danger arising from the outbreak of a nuclear rdar is directly related to and proport.ionate with the size and destructive povrer of nucleararsenals. The continuation and intensification of the arms race between the great Powers increases manifold the possibility of an accidental or non-accidental nuclear conflict. The potential source of such a conflict is the policy of threatA/40/498 English Page 82 or use of force arxl foreign intervention. Although a nucLear war would spareneither the parties in conflict nor other countries, the nuclear arms race is assuming ever larger -proportions day after day. 5. The dynamics of vertical proliferation of nuclear weapons is not beingrqduced, despite the obligations undertaken by the nuclear Powers signatories tothe Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. 6. New, more precise and lethal systems continue to be introduced and deployed inareas and territories where they did not exist before. Nuclear weapons are beingintroduced to ever lower levels of military units, thus lowering the "nuelearthrestpld" and increasing the danger of the outbreak of a nuclear conflict.
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a diplomatic statement discussing the prevention of nuclear war and the arms race between great powers. The language used is formal and diplomatic, and the focus is on international relations, the United Nations Charter, and the threat of nuclear conflict. The text does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues that would fit neatly into other categories.

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