71.   The resolution condemned the South Asian tests and urged India and Pakistan to halt deployment of missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads and to sign nuclear arms control treaties.

72.   The number of submarines produced will depend in part on limitations set out in arms control treaties, Kuroyedov said.

73.   The system will be used to exchange information required under recent arms control treaties.

74.   The Security Council has deplored the nuclear tests and has called on both countries to sign nuclear arms control treaties, resume a high-level dialogue and avoid further testing.

75.   The Security Council has issued statements deploring the South Asian nuclear tests and has called on both India and Pakistan to sign nuclear control treaties without conditions.

76.   The United States has sent a high-ranking State Department official to the world poverty summit to seek support among national leaders for extending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty.

77.   The U.S. State Department said it supported the deployment as part of an effort to replace missiles banned by the START II arms control treaty.

78.   They also pledged anew to press their legislatures for ratification of the START II arms control treaty.

79.   With anti-American sentiment running high in Russia, the ratification of the START II arms control treaty could again be delayed, a prominent politician said Monday.

80.   However, Russia gave a cautious welcome Wednesday to a NATO offer to release Moscow from some of its commitments under the cold war CFE arms control treaty.