UN General Assembly
1961

75. In recent weeks some of the major Powers have embarked upon a resumption of nuclear testing. This resumption has indeed created anxiety, if not distress, all over the world. In the course of their statements before this body, some delegations have informed the Assembly of the alarming increase in the intensity of radio-active fall-out recorded in their countries since the resumption of atmospheric tests. It is known that such radio-active fall-out endangers the health and life of mankind and that no adequate protection has so far been devised. Radiation is universally recognized as a hazard to human life, and all of us must be convinced that the perilous consequences of nuclear testing could become a scourge to mankind.