text: laws and motivations. It is a dilemma which causes scepticism and even cynicism to grow. We are living in a world characterized by the most outright arbitrariness which vitiates the intentions of international morality. Of all the United Nations organs, the ones that have the most unreal tasks are those that deal with the various aspects of disarmament. We must discuss something real, the possibility of another war, and therefore avoid the means that make it possible~ but, at the same time, we are working within an unreal situation, because we lack the necessary strength to carry out such a formidable task, one that is perhaps unique in history, because the alternative to peace is a war that would not NR/plj A/C.l/40/PV.9 12 (Mr. Sucre Figarella, Venezuela) have the same characteristics as past wars. we wish to survive but we are incapable of creating the conditions that would permit it. In his famous book on Clausewitz, Raymond Aron said that the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars had served as an introduction to the two wars of our century. Unfortunately, after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we cannot say the same about future global war and its relationship to preceding wars. The concepts are different, and so are the strategies, the historical situations and the objectives. Previously one could speak about wars among States, but now we shall have to speak about war against civilization as a whole. The same author, in his posthumously published book, a continuation of his memoirs, in referring to the "last years of this century", concluded his diagnosis by comparing what he had said in 1947 about the international situation, that peace would be impossible but that war would be unlikely, with the possibilities for the last years of the century, 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the context and implications of war, disarmament, and international morality, which suggests that it is related to international relations and global politics. The author is lamenting the lack of progress in achieving peace and the possibility of a catastrophic war that could threaten civilization as a whole. The text does not mention specific economic, environmental, or social issues, but rather focuses on the broader themes of international relations and global security.