UN General Assembly
1963

18. For this reason, I would again suggest that, wherever possible, regional groups of States should combine to organize and establish areas of law and limited armaments. Such groups, I would urge, should agree to settle their disputes on the basis of law or by means of conciliation, and should also agree to restrict their armaments to police level and to refrain from acquiring nuclear weapons or amassing major offensive weapons such as heavy tanks, planes and missiles. Such groupings based on mutual co-operation, restricted armaments and the rule of law, would constitute major contributions to world peace and stability. It should be the special interest of the United Nations, including the nuclear Powers, to foster their development and to defend them against outside interference in their affairs.