UN General Assembly
1956

35. In addition, a non-aggression pact between the countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the countries participating in the Warsaw Treaty is suggested. “Such a pact,” says the Soviet Government’s statement, “considering that the participants would include the Soviet Union and the United States — that is countries which possess the most powerful armed forces — would result in radical changes in the entire international climate and would help to lessen international tension and to create confidence between States.” 36. The Soviet Government’s proposals are an acceptable basis for an agreement on disarmament. The United Nations and its organs, which have so far failed to achieve any real result in the matter of armaments reduction and the prohibition of atomic weapons, must not continue to maintain an attitude of patient inactivity, while the armaments race absorbs enormous material resources, places a heavy burden on the workers’ shoulders and threatens the world with a new and catastrophic war.