UN General Assembly
1965

37. In our view, the possibility of progress here depends in the first instance on a dispassionate examination of scientific evidence, so that we may discover what measures of control and verification may or may not be necessary for an effective agreement of this kind. The extent, if any, to which measures of control and verification are necessary for an effective agreement of this kind is a matter of scientific facts and principles. Let us proceed to the examination of scientific evidence and let us do it with a sense of urgency and a firm intention to reach agreement.