UN General Assembly
1960

11. The Soviet Union’s proposal for achieving general and complete disarmament corresponds to the noble endeavour of mankind to inaugurate in the development of human society a new era in which wars would forever be eliminated and relegated to the past and the people would make full use of the resources of our planet and of their own energy to build up a world in which backwardness, poverty and hunger would be eradicated for good, while peaceful relations, fruitful co-operation and friendship among countries and peoples would flourish. 12. It is impossible nowadays for a State, irrespective of its location and economic military power, to plunge mankind into an armed conflict without suffering the consequences itself. By the same token, it is inconceivable in the case of such a conflagration that any people, belligerent or not, would avoid its fatal consequences. It follows that the liquidation of the means for unleashing and waging war has become a problem directly concerning all States.