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the task now ... is to stop the arms race...’

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On Sept. 23, Andrei'Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, Banning of Nuclear Weapon Tests. Following are abridgements of Gromy-
‘ ented to the UN a Draft Treaty on the Complete and Universal ko’s letter to Kurt Waldheim, UN Secretary-General, and the draft treaty.

he Soviet Government suggests that
agenda of-the 30th Session of the UN
era! Assembly include the item ‘‘On
Conclusion of a Treaty on the Com-
e and Universal Banning of the Nu-
r Weapon Tests’ as an important and
nt problem.

embly will take place in an interna-

changes. The process of detente is
easing in scale and spreading to new
€as of international relations. The task
OW on the agenda of international life is
‘omplement and consolidate political
te by measures in the military field
top the arms rate, to see to it that
S production is reduced, and, in the
1 analysis, to get down to universal
Complete disarmament.

1 the last few years the first im-
t steps were made along the road
ecking the arms race. A number of
ortant agreements were. signed, in-
ng the Moscow Treaty. on Banning
lear Weapon Tests in the Atmos-
re, in Outer Space and Underwater,
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
ar Weapons, the treaties. which

rr weapons of mass destruction: in

he 30th Session of the UN General-

atmosphere marked by great posi- |

ed the emplacement of nuclear and.

outer space, on the seabed and the ocean

floor, the Convention on the Prohibition

of Bacteriological Weapons, and the like.

At the Conference on Security and Co-
operation in Europe, agreement was
reached on the mutual notification of ma-
jor military maneuvers and on other con-
fidence-building measures among the par-
ticipating states.

Of special importance for strength-
ening universal peace and liquidating the
threat of a nuclear conflict are the Soviet-
American agreements on the prevention
of nuclear war and on the limitation of
strategic arms. In conformity with the
agreement reached during the summit
meeting in Vladivostok, a new long-term
Soviet-American agreement on the limi-.

‘tation of strategic offensive arms is be-

ing prepared at the Geneva talks. The
Vienna’ negotiations on the reduction of
the armed forces and armaments in Cen-
tral Europe continue.

_ Despite the measures. taken, especial-
ly in the last few years, to check the arms
race, as a whole it has not yet been stop-

ped. The enormous military spending ~

weighs heavily on the peoples and a num-

-ber of states are systematically increas-

ing military spending. The problem of

banning nuclear weapon tests is of. great

Andrei Gromyke —

importance in connection with the task of
eliminating the nuclear war danger and
ending the nuclear arms race. The Mos-

cow Treaty of 1963 (of the nuclear powers
.it was signed by the USSR, the USA and
Britain) bans nuclear weapon tests in
three media — the atmosphere, outer
space and underwater. So far, under-
a nuclear tests: remain outside the
n.
‘The Soviet-American Treaty on the
Limitation of Underground Nuclear
Weapon Tests, signed on July 3, 1974, isa
major step towards the total banning of
nuclear. weapon tests. This Treaty opens
up prospects. for a further advance to-
wards the final solution of the problem.
The Soviet Union considers it highly
important toadopt, internationally, meas-
ures for the complete and universal ban-
ning of nuclear weapon tests. For this
purpose it would be necessary to elabor-
ate and conclude an appropriate broad in-
ternational agreement ‘imposing a total
ban on nuclear weapon tests in all media -
by all states.
The conclusion of an international

- treaty outlawing all nuclear weapon tests.

_ would make a major contribution to the
cause of limiting the arms race and would
thereby be conducive to further develop-

ing and deepening the process of detente,

- to strengthening peace and international

“security.

DRAF

a States-signatories to the present

claiming their intention to have
huclear arms race stopped as early as
dle and to take effective measures
ards nuclear disarmament and also to
Ch agreement on universal and com-
te disarmament under strict and ef-
Ve international control,

taking into account the appeals of the
ted Nations General Assembly to stop
ar weapon tests in all media,

-Roting that the banning of all nuclear
Pon tests would be in the interests of
hgthening peace and slackening the
S race and a contribution to interna-

“hal detente, ne

Confirming that the potential benefits
M every peaceful use of nuclear blasts
id be accessible to both states pos-
ing and not possessing nuclear weap-
In keeping with the provisions of the
ty on the Non-Prolifération of Nu-
E Weapons and of the present treaty,

ig the great positive significance

ty on Banning Nuclear Weapon

U the Atmosphere, in Outer Space
Nderwater of 1963,

Stressing the importance of the strict
“vance of the said Treaty until the
ttreaty entersintoforce,

iving to have all test explosions. of
SS stopped by all states for

TRE

ARTICLE I

1. Each state-signatory to the present —

Treaty shall undertake to ban, to prevent
and not to make any test explosions of
nuclear weapons in any place under its
jurisdiction or control, in all media — the
atmosphere, outer space, underwater and
underground. ~

2. Each state-signatory to the present
Treaty shall undertake to refrain from in-
citing, encouraging or in any way parti-
cipating in conducting nuclear explosions
banned by paragraph 1 of the present Ar-
ticle.

ARTICLE Il
1. Control over the observance of the
present Treaty shall be exercised by the
participating states through the use of the
national technical means of control at
their disposal in such a way that it should

conform to the universally recognized —
~ norms of international law.

2. In the interests of facilitating the
realization of the aims and provisions of
the present Treaty, the signatories to the

- Treaty shall cooperate in the internation-

al exchange of seismic data.

3. In order to facilitate the realization
of the aims and provisions of the-present
Treaty, the signatories shall, whenever
necessary, consult each other, make in-
quiries and receive the appropriate in-
formation in connection with such inquir-
ies. ne

4. Each state-signatory to the Treaty,

' which claims that some other signatory

acts in violation of the commitments en-
suing from the provisions of the Treaty,

can lodge a complaint with the UN Secur- _

ity Council.

ARTICLE II

1. The provisions of Article I do not
apply to underground nuclear blasts
which will be carried out for peaceful pur-
poses by the states possessing nuclear
weapons, on the territory under their jur-
isdiction and in keeping with the agree-
ments by which, under Article V of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nu-
clear Weapons, the states having no nu-
clear weapons shall benefit from every
peaceful application of nuclear blasts.

_ ARTICLE IV :
The provisions of the present Treaty
do not affect the commitments assumed
by the states-signatories to the Treaty
under other international agreements.

ARTICLE V
1. Every signatory to the present

Treaty may suggest amendments to this
Treaty. The text of every proposed amend-

ment shall be submitted to the depositary
government* which shall forward it to
all signatories to the Treaty. Then, if de-
manded by one-third or more signatories
to the Treaty, the depositary govern-
ments shall call a conference to which all
signatories to the Treaty shall be invited
to examine such an amendment.

2. Every amendment to the present
Treaty shall be endorsed by a majority

‘vote of all the signatories to the Treaty,

including the votes of all the states-sig-
natories to the present Treaty which pos-
sess nuclear weapons. Eventually, it will
come into force for every other signatory
to the Treaty after it has deposited its in-
strument ‘of ratification of the amend-
ment. : ;

. ARTICLE VI

1. The present Treaty is open for sign-
ing,by all states. Any state which shall not
sign the Treaty before it enters into force
in keeping with paragraph 3 of the given
Article can accede to it at any time.

_. 2. The present Treaty is subject to
ratification by its signatories.

3. The present Treaty shall enter into
force after the instruments of ratification
have been deposited.by the governments
of ...including the governments of ail
states possessing nuclear weapons.

4. For- states whose instruments of
ratification or accession documents are
deposited after the present Treaty enters
into force, it enters into force on the day
they deposit their instruments of ratifica-
tion or documents of accession.

ARTICLE VII

The present Treaty is of unlimited dur-
ation. re

Each state-signatory to the present
Treaty may withdraw from the Treaty as
part of exercising its state sovereignty if
it decides that exceptional circumstances,
connected with the contents of the pres-
et areas have jeopardized its supreme

- ARTICLE VII

The present Treaty, the Russian, Eng-
lish, Spanish, Chinese and French texts of —
which are equally authentic, shall be de-
posited with the archives of the deposi-
tary governments. The duly attested cop-
ies of the present Treaty shall be for-
warded by the depositary governments .
to the governments of the states that have
Signed the Treaty and acceded to it.

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