In these circumstances, we believe, the elements of confrontation contained in documents of the Warsaw Treaty and the North Atlantic alliance in past years no longer correspond to the spirit of the times. The nature and functions of these alliances should be transformed so that, in the period of transition, they can perform new, urgent tasks related to disarmament and the creation of a pan-European security system. The military/political alliances should be transformed step by step into political/military alliances, and then into purely political organizations. In this context, the meeting of the Political Consultative Committee in Moscow also decided that the nature, functions and activities of the Warsaw Treaty should be reviewed, as well as its transformation into a treaty among sovereign States with equal rights, built upon democratic foundations. The States parties to the Warsaw Treaty created a temporary commission of government plenipotentiaries which will submit appropriate concrete proposals to the Political Consultative Committee by the end of October this year. These proposals will be considered by the Political Consultative Committee before the end of November this year. The declaration takes a positive view of the trend towards changes in NATO and a number of concrete steps recently taken by that alliance. We expect that these changes will become more rapid and more thorough-going, and also that they will be reflected in appropriate substantive changes in the Alliance's activities. The States parties to the Warsaw Treaty are also ready to co-operate constructively with neutral and non-aligned countries. I would also like to highlight the part of the declaration in which the States parties to the Warsaw Treaty expressed their wish for a successful conclusion to the Vienna talks on conventional armed forces and on confidence ­ building and security-building measures in Europe, in order that agreements on 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a diplomatic declaration discussing the transformation of military alliances, disarmament, and the creation of a pan-European security system. It does not mention any specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather focuses on international relations and security matters.

**Category**
International relations