UN General Assembly
1982

the efforts made to strengthen peace and security and ensure co-operation in the region. 152. It is a recognized fact that international detente is linked to disarmament and that the arms race is a serious threat to the existence and the survival of man. It is the two blocs that motivate the arms race, but it is the developing countries that are the principal victims, because it prejudices their economic and social progress, increases their debt burden and lessens their security. 153. It is regrettable that the international efforts to change the situation have so far produced no positive results. This is especially true of the second special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, which failed to achieve any concrete progress in this respect. 154. Morocco, associating itself with those who work for disarmament at the regional or the international level, appeals to the super-Powers, which bear a special responsibility for the maintenance of peace, to redouble their efforts to reach agreement on a comprehensive programme of disarmament, with a carefully prepared timetable,