UN General Assembly
1965

151. Yet such an objective needs to be clarified further. Peace cannot only mean an absence of a major war, a nuclear war, or a war between the great Powers endowed with the most potent means of mass destruction. The millions of people in South and South-East Asia, which has been the scene of strife and conflict, cannot feel completely satisfied with the nuclear Powers being presently at peace with one another. For them, it is not enough that the prospects of a nuclear showdown seem unlikely in the foreseeable future, although they and their Governments wholeheartedly support the efforts of the United Nations and other agencies in the field of disarmament as well as in preventing further dissemination of nuclear arms. This can be seen from the fact that their nations have joined an overwhelming number of other countries of the world in acceding to the nuclear test-ban treaty and are in favour of extending the agreement to cover underground tests.