text: 3. The prevention of an arms race in outer space and simultaneous progress inbringing about radical reductions in nucl."t rlapons until t,heir completeelimination would mark the beginning of the successful solution of the problem ofpreventing nuclear war. In this regard, a significant contribution could be madeby the soviet-American neEotiations on space weapons and nuclear lreapons which havebegun and which becane possible, as is well known, through the initiative of thesoviet union, which declared its readiness to conduct them in a business-Iike andconstructive manner' on the basis of the principle of equality and equal security.The United states too, must demonstrate the same honest and responsible approachand nust strictly adhere to the understanding reached concerning t,he subject andobjectives of the negotiations in aII their parts. 4' Any attempts to undermine current rnilitary strategic parity, which promotesstability in the world, will have dangerous conseguences. The goal of States mustbe to reduce as far as possible, the level of this balance, rather than to upset it,. 5. Decisive action on the part of all States without exception is reguired inorder to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and, ultirnately, to bring about the completeelimination of nuclear weapons. 6' The Byelorussian SSR is convinced thaE the problem of eliminating t,he threatof nuclear war must be the focal point of the work of the General Assembly, EheDisarmament Commission and, of course, the rnultilateral negotiating body - the@nference on Disarmament. On this basis, the Byelorussian SSR acE,ively supportedthe adoption of Assembty resolution 39/L48 P on prevent.ion of nucrear war and, inParticular, its provision concerning the need to undertake, as a matt,er of thehighest priority, negotiations at the conference on Disarmament with a view !oachieving agreement on apPropriate and practical neasures for the prevention ofnuclear war and to establish for that purpose an ad hoc committee on the subject atthe beginning of its 1985 session. This provision snoufa be irnplemented withoutdelay.A/ 40/ 498 English eage 35 7. The policy of the nuclear-weapon Powers is of particular import'ance in our tirne. The vital interests of all rnankind reguire that relaEions between these powers must, be subject to specific rules which are designed to achieve the goal of
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