CD/PV.570 31 (Mr, Calderon, Peru) itself. What is required is that the great amount of good will, time and resources that we invest each year should from time to time produce concrete and positive results. That is why I would like to refer to the work that has been going on in the context of the informal consultations led by Ambassador Kamal, since the delegation of Peru considers it particularly important to be able to try to achieve consensus on the very necessary and long overdue improvement of the functioning of the Conference on Disarmament in order to make its work effective and more timely. It is in this context that I would like to mention some of the topics that are covered by the informal consultations. First of all, I think it imperative to resolve in a positive fashion the question of the expansion of the membership of the Conference on Disarmament. We cannot conceal behind a specious procedural debate a certain lack of political will to arrive at the required increase of the number of members of the Conference. There might be, however, an interpretation according to which the "1 + 1 + 2" formula does not necessarily correspond any more to the political realities now that we are witnessing the dissolution of rigid ideological and political blocs and the world order is being redrawn in the light of new parameters affecting the North-South relationship. For this reason, new formulas for sharing out the seats must be taken into account, even if it is assumed that in the near future some reduction may occur in the present number of members. Why, then, not consider new alternatives for an integral solution such as a 1 + 3 pattern? Further, it 
**Analysis**
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**Category**
International relations, Diplomacy