UN General Assembly
1982

attach great importance to the forthcoming United Nations Conference on the Promotion of International Co¬operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy. 268. While nuclear weapons represent the most awesome threat, this should not overshadow the problem of conventional weapons. The conventional weapon is not only a threat but an instrument of death and destruction used every day. Efforts towards conventional disarmament and control of arms transfers should therefore be intensified, both globally and regionally. Results from the Vienna Talks on Mutual Reduction of Forces, Armaments and As¬sociated Measures in Central Europe continue to be urgent. 269. The signatory States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe should make every effort to reach a decision on a conference on confidence-building and security-building measures and disarmament in Europe as envisaged in the follow- up meeting of the Conference in Madrid. A success¬ful outcome of the Madrid meeting, which was inau¬gurated two years ago, is of utmost importance in the present international situation. The persistent efforts of this meeting and the results achieved so far are proof of a