UN General Assembly
1981

211. One component of the ongoing EastWest dialog to which we attach particular importance is the follow-up to the Final Act of the Conference on Security, and Cooperation in Europe, signed at Helsinki on 1 August 1975. We earnestly hope that it will prove possible to reach agreement in Madrid on a balanced and substantial concluding document, including progress on human aspects of detente and a concrete mandate for a European disarmament conference. A result along these lines would also contribute substantially to improving EastWest relations and the international situation as a whole. 212. Unfortunately, the current international tensions have a marked negative impact on the disarmament efforts within and outside the framework of the United Nations. The continued worldwide arms race underlines the importance of pursuing the disarmament dialog, which would also foster a successful outcome of the second special General Assembly session on disarmament next year.