UN General Assembly
1969

86. And today, more than ever, the plain truth is that we must put an end to the armaments race, and that it can be done. Once the armaments race has been stopped, as a prelude to further progress towards universal disarmament, then the fact that man has set foot on the moon will indeed be seen to be an unprecedented leap forward and will acquire its full significance for our future development. Even so, my delegation wishes to pay a well-deserved tribute to all the teams of workers, skilled technicians and political figures who have imparted a new dimension to our conception of the world through the success of the United States astronauts. 87. It was with a glimmer of hope that, in July 1968, Chad signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [resolution 2373 (XXII)]. In the introduction to his annual report, the Secretary-General is more pessimistic on that point than he was last year. He speaks of “fear”, “insecurity” and “frustration”, and he states with clarity what we already believe: