UN General Assembly
1965

19. Let me now turn to the vexing question of disarmament. We believe — and I am sure most of us here do believe — that man, of whatever social system, race or religion, is the centre of world history — and not his spear, or his guns, or his nuclear bombs. Our duty, therefore, is to man and society and we should spare no effort or time in endeavouring to achieve general and complete disarmament. Zambia does not believe in lip-service on and important issue like this one. We believe in action — and quick action, too. For this reason we did not hesitate to sign the partial nuclear test-ban Treaty. Zambia actively cosponsored the Disarmament Commission resolution reaffirming the call of the General Assembly to all States to become parties to the partial nuclear test-ban Treaty and to consider as a matter of priority the question of extending the scope of the partial test-ban Treaty to cover underground tests.