text: UNITED 1{ATTONS General Aseembly Dis tr . GENEEAI, A/40/s53 25 August 198 5 ORIGINALT ENGLISH Fortieth sessionIten 68 (c) of the provi€lonal agendar GENERAI, AND COMPLETE DI SARIIA!{ENT studv on cohcepca of security Repor E of the Secre tary-General I. On 20 Decenber 1983, the c€neral Assenbly adopted reBolution 38,/188 H bY lrhich it aPproved the carrying out of a cmprehensive study on concepes of security, to be undertaken b,y the Secr€ tary-General with the assi.stance of a group of qualified governmental exper ts. 2. Pursuant to that resolution, the Secretary-Gene ral has the honou r to subnit hereeith to the General Assembly the scudy on concepta of security. * A/ 40/L50. 8s-237I6 1663s (E)A/ 40/553 Engl ish Page 2 ANNEX @NTENTS Paragraphs Paqe For.eeord by the secretary-ceneraL 4 I€tEer ot transmittal 6 Chapter I. INTRODUCTION II. OVERVIEI{ OF SECURITY @NCESIE A. Concept of balance of porre r B. Concept of deter rence C. Equal secur i. ty D. concepg of collective security E. Neutrality F. Non-alig ent G. Peaceful coe:aisEence H. Conrbn secur ity . . . . III. PROBLEMS AND TITREATS IN INTERNATIONAI, SECURITY A. The relationship betseen national and inEernational securi ty B. Securif,y in the nuclear age .. C. Chemical and bacterlological (biologlcal) weapons ..... D. The conventional arms race in its various aEpects ..... E. The securiqr of developing counCrie8 F. Security of snall, States ... IV. MEASURES TO PROTTIOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY ...... A. Slrengthening the role of tbe Uniled Nations for inEernational peace and secur i tyI - r0 u-57 L4-20 2t-32 33 - 34 35-38 39-42 43-49 509 L2 !2 l4 l6 t7 I8 IO 2L sl-57 2I 58-94 22 59-64 23 65-?8 24 79 25 80-84 27 85 - 90 28 91 -94 29 95 - 205 30
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