UN General Assembly
1966

We had, however, expected and hoped that with moral pressure coming from all directions, both within and outside the United Nations, and with the interest and sympathy of humanity at large, it would still be possible for the major armed Powers to ensure some chances of success in reaching the ultimate goal of complete and general disarmament by seeking gradual and phased agreements. It is from this point of view, and with this understanding of developments in the field of disarmament, that we have participated in the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament at Geneva and have become a party to the partial nuclear test-ban treaty of 1963. The progress of the talks since 1963 has, however, been most discouraging.