UN General Assembly
1952

86. The unremitting efforts of the USSR and of the countries of the peace camp have come to naught as a result of the opposition of the United States, the Power responsible for the initiation of the present armaments race. The latest evidence of this was the rejection of the Soviet Union proposal submitted to the sixth session of the General Assembly [A/2068]. The proposal was referred to a newly established commission [resolution 502 (VI)}, the Disarmament Commission, but has remained unstudied in consequence of the action of the United States delegation. Another year has thus elapsed, during which a further increase of armaments has served only to heighten international tension; for no relaxation of that tension is possible without a reduction of armaments.