UN General Assembly
1954

A comparison between the proposals [DC/ 53, annex 9] submitted by France and the United Kingdom to the Disarmament Commission in June of this year with the important address delivered by the Soviet Union representative from this rostrum last week [484th meeting], conveys an initial impression that the viewpoints of the great Powers are, in theory and principle, not irreconcilable. At any rate, there is a sufficient prospect here to encourage the First Committee to approach this subject, in greater hope than seemed reasonable last year.