UN General Assembly
1982

of Soviet intermediate-range missiles. These negotiations which are being resumed in Geneva today are especially important to us. 138. By ratifying the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons resolution 2373, we Germans have undertaken never to possess nuclear weapons. The Federal Government therefore feels all the more justified in demanding time and again that the nuclear Powers, too, honor their commitments under the Treaty. 139. Thirdly, we want a codified comprehensive ban on all chemical weapons. My country, which for years now has committed itself to this question with particular dedication, recently submitted realistic and acceptable proposals for reaching agreement on reliable means of verifying compliance with a treaty banning chemical weapons. I appeal to all Members of the United Nations to examine those proposals carefully. 140. Fourthly, we want the force levels in Central Europe to be reduced. Europe has the world's largest concentration of mutually opposed conventional armed forces. Progress at the Vienna Talks on Mutual Reduc¬tion of Forces, Armaments and Associated Measures in Central Europe is therefore of particular impor¬tance to us, living