Nations in the naintenance of internaEional security. IC is inporEant to strengthen the United Nations and develop the possibi.lities of the Organization to work etfectively in th€ pronotion of disarnament and develoPnent. 6. Possible insf,iEulional arrangenents for the transfer of resources freed Ehrough disarmanen! Eo social and econon ic develonent in developing countries need to b€ stualied in vier of existing internacionat insEitutions for transfer of financial resources for developnent. The Governnent of Finlanal has taken a positive attitude toflards the establishnen! of an international disarmanen! fund for developnenE as one of the alternative inslitutional arrange[ents. In Ehis connecEion, reference is made to the study being Prepared by UNIDIR on Ehe nodalities for the establi.shment of an internaEional disarmamene fund fol development. FRANCE ]' In accordance oith Ehe reconmendations of the Group of GovernmentaL Experts on the RelaEionship betseen Disarmanene and Developnent, France has undertaken the f ollorri ng acEion:A/40/6L8 English Page 30 (a) rt nade a financiar contribution to the united Nat.ions rnstituce forDj.sarmanenE Research, to ebich resolulion 37/g4 ent.rusted the task of conducting aninvestigat.ion of the nodaricies of an interna!ional disarnament. fund fordevelopnent..