UN General Assembly
1962

57. The General Assembly is still considering the problem of the prohibition of nuclear weapons tests, which is closely connected with that of disarmament. Once again, we cannot but deeply deplore the fact that neither the Soviet Union nor the United States has been able to consent to even a provisional discontinuance of nuclear weapons testing, pending the conclusion of a general agreement prohibiting for all time the testing and use of such weapons and providing for the destruction of all existing stockpiles. The effort to "draw level" — whether or not a “gap” really exists — is one that may well be made indefinitely alternately by one side and the other; it increasingly threatens international peace and security, which will continue to be illusory until mutual! confidence prevails among the parties principally concerned and peace is enthroned in the hearts of all other men. Furthermore, this kind of arms race is calculated to encourage other Powers to develop their own nuclear weapons or seek to obtain them in the foreseeable future. It is our Assembly's imperative duty to express itself on this subject clearly, with courage and determination.