still carries the burden of over-armament characterized by huge arsenals of nuclear, chemical and conventional weapons. Our country, too, has accumulated a large amount of weapons. We are fully conscious of the responsibility that this imposes upon us. For a whole series of domestic reasons and foreign-policy considerations, the Soviet Union is now no less interested than other States - possibly even more so - in the steady advancement of the arms control and disarmament process. However, disarmament is, of course, not an end in itself but only one of the means for building the secure, democratic and civilized world which we need and part of which we wish to be. But without disarmament it is impossible to create a new world order and new security structures. Never during the entire post-war period has the possibility of a drastic weakening of the levers of military force in world politics been so close as today. A general consensus has already developed that the threat of war has receded into the past and that a unique chance is appearing of building a qualitatively new world, based on normal, civilized relations between States and groups of States. The prospects that have emerged at the Vienna and Geneva negotiations are opening up the possibility of the progressive dismantling of the security model which developed in the years of the "cold war" and which was based primarily on military confrontation. As we understand it, our Western negotiating partners are proceeding, in principle, on the same assumption. If in the near future - this very year, we hope - we succeed as a result of negotiations in arriving at agreement on a 50 per cent reduction in the nuclear potentials of the USSR and the United States, and on removing the potential for surprise attack from the arsenals of the Warsaw Treaty and NATO 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the burden of over-armament and the responsibility that comes with it, as well as the importance of disarmament and the creation of a new world order. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a high-level political or international organization context. The text also mentions specific negotiations and agreements, such as the Vienna and Geneva negotiations, which further supports the hypothesis that the category is related to international relations.

**Category**
International relations, Security and Defense