UN General Assembly
1993

those who still hesitate to help sustain the peace process. I appeal to all to renounce the use of force. The continuing proliferation of arms in many parts of the world is still highly disturbing. President Clinton’s proposals have our support. Encouraging progress has been achieved in the form of the Convention placing a global ban on chemical weapons and of the agreement reached on a mandate for negotiations in the Geneva Conference on Disarmament with a view to a comprehensive test-ban treaty. The test moratorium must be extended. There must be no further testing. The nuclear and non-nuclear Powers alike are urged to consolidate the non-proliferation regime. When the matter comes up for decision in 1995, the Non-Proliferation Treaty must be extended indefinitely. As the representative of a country which many years ago unilaterally and bindingly renounced the possession of nuclear weapons and other means of mass destruction, I appeal to all Members: accede to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. The laying of mines in large regions in many countries has become a scourge for the population. It prevents the