UN General Assembly
1963

138. The statements made earlier from this rostrum by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [1208th meeting] and the President of the United States of America [1209th meeting] are, we feel, encouraging. They are promising signs for the future. We have come a long way from the days when incomprehension between the great Powers was the rule. If a meeting of the members of the Committee on Disarmament were convened at the highest level, as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the USSR has proposed, it would undoubtedly contribute to ironing out the remaining difficulties. Many world problems are still unsolved and it would be quite unrealistic to think that solutions to them can be found quickly. On the contrary, we must be patient and wait until all the issues dividing the East and the West are settled in due course in a spirit of mutual understanding and trust similar to that which resulted in the historic treaty partially banning nuclear weapon tests.