text: Only a few days ago, the Heads of State or Government who took part in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on 5 and 6 July issued the London Declaration on a transformed North Atlantic Alliance. In the Declaration a number of important considerations are presented, starting with the affirmation in paragraph 1 that the Atlantic Alliance will adapt to the new realities. Other points of similar or even greater relevance emerged from the London meeting, such as the possibility of the adaptation of concepts like "forward defence" or even - far more significantly, from the standpoint of our body - the idea of considering nuclear weapons truly "weapons of last resort". The USSR, for its part, has welcomed these announcements through an official communique from its Foreign Ministry. CD/PV.570 20 (Mr, Garcia Moritan, Argentina) In view of all this, we find it really surprising that we should be told that, as regards non-nuclear-weapon States, the instructions of the past are to remain unchanged, that today, when hands are reaching out towards yesterday's enemies, and even though each side still possesses enough nuclear warheads to wipe all trace of life from the Earth many times over, those of us who do not possess nuclear weapons cannot have our security reinforced through an acceptable agreement on unqualified negative security assurances. This is not to imply that the assurances must be provided here and now. We are ready to analyse the details and the forms they could take. After all, that is why we have an Ad hoc Committee under the patient and constructive guidance of our distinguished friend, the Ambassador of Italy. What seems impossible to understand is that nothing should be changing for the Conference 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing a meeting of the North Atlantic Council and the implications of the London Declaration on the security of non-nuclear-weapon States. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting a discussion of international relations and security agreements. The mention of nuclear weapons and negative security assurances also points towards a category related to international security or disarmament.