UN General Assembly
1961

15. I would call on these countries, in particular on the United States of America and the Soviet Union, to pursue their discussions with the sincere desire to succeed, so that they may establish an effective system for the control of nuclear and conventional armaments applicable to all atomic Powers, present and future. Like so many before me, I would like to draw their attention to the frightful dangers that the inadequacy of their efforts at conciliation is imposing upon the whole of humanity. 16. In the meantime, and as an immediate measure, I would urge them to allay the anguish of the world and to leave the door open to hope by agreeing to put an end to nuclear and thermonuclear explosions.