Tke current international acoam impresaea oa ua the aoberiag reality of how little progroom has baea made in diaaratawtoat and how marginally we have moved in stewing the arms taae. A more effective strategy ia therefore needed to rovorao the ouu race an8 to a&lerate the proceaa of arms reduction and dioamamnt, eapeeially in tlm nuclear ffsld. In ?.slcs coete*t of START, the prospect8 for concrete agremwnta are within reach and w urge their rapid adoption. Further aago&iationa should seek even ;Jeq?er reductioau irr mclmar forcer a~0 Wsitationa on qualitative iaprovemeata. Tkm concluaioa of a compre'i?enaivo toat-ban treaty * . . (Mr.1 Pet, it ie a880 two that given the asyau&rier 131 preoent-8ay international ~c0smn.k reiatelow, utsm of these trenda could present major cballonqles and cQl2strcPisto to the developiu$ neuartrieu. The post par bar witnessed the Qromatic tramform&:ioBs of tha Eastern luropem centrally plamed economies, loading to thdr pnogrosoive iatugration into the woelO oeowmic eymtem. Indonesia wel~onws as dmmlopmant,, for itr ON rake and for the prospects it offere of new opgwtwities, awh as l xpauded markets for exports frozn developing countries. nTovertbelor8, tbare i- alro genuine au3 justffied coxacera that finamfal, trade and fevssear~r~r. flows of considbmble magnitude from &he doveloped No&b might now be rec~lle6 to Eastern Europe. Xn addition, we are carefully alsseasing the 2porriblo iwipast of W fonwatise of powerful economic groupings among de~loped eountrier, a8 rreq4i.fi.d by tbs prospective aingls Europan market end the United ~tateX4-C~iPo PP.6 %SdO ~~P6Mbllt. Certainly, euch regioml econamhs intagratSon could bo a major otimlur to the global ecommy, provided however that St raaahs outward--looking and doen not result in additional external barriers. la the light of tbaco circumtancea , wo are gratified with the conse~sua outcome of tba oightrentb 8peeial serrion of tbr General Assembly 0~1 international 