UN General Assembly
1983

11. The issue of general and complete disarmament cannot be ignored. The spiralling production of conventional weapons and their use constitute a serious threat to the security of many medium-sized and small countries and an onerous burden upon their economies. It suffices to point out here that the world expenditure on armaments in 1982 exceeded $650 billion—which equals the revenue of 2 billion people living in the 50 poorest countries on our planet. Any effort to achieve complete and general disarmament should stem from an appreciation of the interrelationship between disarmament, international security and development.