UN General Assembly
1982

acute. It stems from the decision adopted by Washington to accelerate the development and manufacture of new types of this barbaric weapon including binary weapons. The Mongolian People’s Republic is in favour of intensifying the efforts of the Committee on Disarmament so as to complete the elaboration of an international convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons and on their destruction. Actions aimed at spreading the arms race to outer space are becoming more and more ominous. The Mongolian People’s Republic is endeavouring in every way possible to bring about an early start of the work of the Committee on Disarmament on the elaboration of the text of an international treaty on the prohibition of the deployment of weapons of any kind in outer space. Among the measures for strengthening universal peace and security, the Government of the Mongolian People’s Republic attaches great significance to the Vienna Talks on Mutual Reduction of Forces; Armaments and Associated Measures in Central Europe. The achievement of positive results in those talks would have a favourable effect on the improvement of relations