UN General Assembly
1954

So far as nuclear weapons are concerned, we are suggesting: first, a conditional ban on use, followed by a ban on manufacture, followed by a total prohibition and elimination. So far as conventional armaments are concerned we” — I was speaking of the views of the Western Powers — “are suggesting two stages for the agreed reductions. Our position is as follows: we are ready to list the weapons to be prohibited and those to be reduced; we are ready to negotiate at once on the reductions to be agreed in armed forces and armaments; we are ready to draw up detailed rules for the international control organ along the lines of the proposals submitted; we agree forthwith to a declaration banning atomic weapons except in defence; we agree that as soon as the control organ is set up there should be a freeze on all military manpower and expenditure levels.