UN General Assembly
1947

The resolution unanimously adopted last year by the General Assembly on the general reduction of armaments responds to the vital interests of millions of common people, who, even though the Second World War is over, are still bearing the heavy burden of military expenditures and the excessive hardships connected with the continuing increase in armaments. The Assembly resolution is at the same time an expression of the aspirations and demands of the peace-loving peoples for the establishment of lasting peace and international security. It is an expression of demands dictated by the sufferings they have undergone and the sacrifices they have endured. That was precisely why this resolution was greeted by the peoples of the whole world with deep satisfaction and with hopes for its speedy and total implementation. But these hopes have been disappointed.