UN General Assembly
1957

100. In the view of the Soviet Government, it is high time to enlarge the composition of the Disarmament Commission and its Sub-Committee by securing the participation of representatives of countries which are opposed to the "cold war" policy, which pursue a policy of peaceful co-existence and which really cherish the goal of disarmament. We are glad that the Government of India takes a similar stand on this matter. 101. The privacy in which the Sub-Committee has been compelled to work and the atmosphere of artificial secrecy surrounding its activities should also be abandoned. The Soviet Union is in favour of conducting the disarmament talks in the full light of publicity. The confidential nature of the Sub-Committee's work obviously suits the advocates of the "cold war", despite the fact that the settlement of the disarmament problem is a matter of concern to all countries and peoples.