just, lasting and internationally accepted solution. In order to contribute to that process, he proposed that the Committee should recommend that the General Assembly should defer consideration of the item until the forty-first session. 72. The Committee decided to recommend to the General Assembly that item 114 should be deferred until the forty-first session and should be included in the provisional agenda of that session. Items 115 to 145 73. The Committee decided to recommend that the General Assembly should include items 115 to 145 in the agenda. Item 146 74. Mr. PETROVSKY (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), referring to his country's request for the inclusion of a supplementary item in the agenda (A/40/192), said that the Soviet Union believed there was an urgent need to take a historic decision to ensure that outer space was used for peaceful purposes and not converted into a new source of mortal danger. The General Assembly should ensure that there was no militarization of outer space and that it was used for peaceful purposes. It was an urgent question, because if the arms race in space was not halted in time it would waste still more human and material resources and would create insurmountable obstacles to joint peaceful space activities on the part of of States. Co-operation in scientific research would permit greater mutual understanding between States for the exploitation of the resources of outer space. The Soviet Union proposed, as a practical step, that the General Assembly should strive for the adoption of effective measures to prevent the emplacement of arms in outer space, that an international conference should be convened to consider all aspects of international co-operation in the peaceful exploitation ot outer space under conditions of its non-militarization, and that a world space organization should be established. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the proposal for a world space organization and the prevention of the militarization of outer space. This suggests that the focus is on international cooperation and the peaceful use of space, rather than on specific economic or industrial activities. The text also touches on the theme of scientific research and its potential benefits for mutual understanding between states.

**Category**
Science and technology, International relations