UN General Assembly
1957

55. The Czechoslovak delegation therefore expresses its agreement with the proposal in the USSR delegation’s memorandum on partial measures in the field of disarmament, to the effect that States possessing thermonuclear weapons should assume the obligation, under an appropriate agreement, not to allow the installation of atomic units or of any types of atomic or hydrogen weapons beyond their frontiers and should not place such weapons at the disposal of other States and of the commands of military blocs. 56. In view of the existing situation in Europe, it is absolutely essential to make every effort, in the spirit of the principles of the United Nations Charter, to replace the policy of military blocs by a policy of mutual understanding, co-operation and collective security. There can be no doubt that implementation of the USSR proposal for the dissolution of both the North Atlantic Treaty and the Warsaw Treaty would substantially alter the international situation.