(Reissued as received.)
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MARKKU REIMAA (Finland)
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The ad hoc committee on the prevention of an arms race in outer space
(PAROS) had come close in 1994 to an agreement on starting negotiations
on confidence-building measure, he continued. The PAROS was of importance
because there was no multilateral agreement banning the deployment of weapons
other than weapons of mass destruction in outer space. It was Finland's
view that one should look at the material produced by the ad hoc committee
a few years ago. It seemed that confidence-building and transparency measures
could be appropriate steps to start with this item.