UN General Assembly
1984

83. The Soviet-United States Strategic Arms Reduction Talks, which have been suspended for months, seem unlikely to resume soon. In Europe, deployment of missiles is met with counter-deployment. The "super" arms race is resuming its diabolical course, extending to space itself. In fact, the militarization of space, which yesterday was something out of science fiction, is today a reality which adds a new dimension to the arms race and to the risks of global conflagration. 84. Rather than being resolved, the regional conflicts besetting the countries of the third world are growing worse, becoming entrenched over the years and thereby creating intolerable situations for the peoples who have to bear them. These local conflicts are indeed running sores which threaten the peace and security of the regions in question, thus opening the way for foreign intervention and super-Power rivalry.