UN General Assembly
1957

150. In our day, too, and at this very session of the Assembly, the representatives of a world which is not ours alone but also belongs to the future, must with untiring faith seek out new roads to understanding that will one day lead us to the objectives of the United Nations. 151. With regard to disarmament, there can be no doubt that the efforts deployed within the last five years by the Disarmament Commission, and especially by its Sub-Committee, have not been at all in vain. There has been progress, though certainly not as much as we should all like. It is therefore important that these efforts should be continued without interruption. 152. Precisely because I am convinced that there is now more chance of agreement, and because I consider that the parties have come closer together on some points and that the moment is favourable, I wish to make a procedural suggestion that might facilitate this work.