UN General Assembly
1963

113. If military potential is reduced before the most explosive problems have been settled, will this result in a better and more rapid settlement of those problems? Clearly, this is a question of cause and effect, and it is a vital question to those of us who regard military preparations as being of purely defensive value. 114. Yet there are no obstacles that goodwill cannot overcome when, in the final analysis, our existence —the existence of our peoples and countries— is at stake. That is why the Moscow Treaty could be a starting point for establishing relations of friendship and co-operation among nations, in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter.