UN General Assembly
1969

all. Peace, after all, is not only global but regional and local as well, and we all have an obligation to work for its maintenance everywhere. 15. My Government has followed with interest the recent sessions of the United Nations Conference of the Committee on Disarmament. The draft conventions on the prohibition of weapons from the sea-bed and the ocean floor and on biological and chemical warfare are hopeful signs. We accept them as bases for further work, and it is our sincere hope that this session of the General Assembly will give some added stimulus to these endeavours. We accept them as planks for peace in the work programme now being advanced in connexion with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations and with the Second United Nations Development Decade. 16. An item of considerable importance on our agenda is the report of the Preparatory Committee [A/7525 and addenda], which has been submitted through the Economic and Social Council in accordance with General Assembly resolution 2411 (XXIII). My Government appreciates the efforts of the Preparatory Committee and the contributions