UN General Assembly
1969

Although its entry into force would be a step forward along the road towards alleviating universal tension, even this result has not yet been achieved, since the Treaty has not been ratified by a sufficient number of States. In the opinion of the Czechoslovak delegation, the General Assembly, having adopted this instrument, should consider it a matter of its responsibility and honour to ensure that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons enters into force and that as many States as possible accede to it. 44. During the negotiations in the Disarmament Committee at Geneva new possibilities emerged for reaching agreement on partial measures; although these negotiations did not make the desirable progress for which we are striving. The Czechoslovak delegation hopes that the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly will at least succeed in advancing work on certain measures of disarmament which if implemented would effectively limit the arms race. 45. In addition to nuclear weapons, chemical and bacteriological weapons present a fearful danger which threatens the existence of all human life on our planet. The peace-loving