UN General Assembly
1964

54. Hence, we welcome the test ban treaty; but we would equally welcome limited agreements between the great Powers to extend this treaty to all tests, to stop the proliferation of the atomic weapon, to declare certain zones "denuclearized", to outlaw the use of the atomic weapon and to establish means for protecting States against surprise attacks. These measures will not constitute disarmament, but they will constitute the kind of political climate without which no general and complete disarmament can ever be achieved. In Cairo, this last October, the Conference of Non-Aligned States adopted a statement on disarmament and related questions which I trust will be given very serious consideration by the States members of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament, for it outlines, in practical terms, the measures which might be attempted. 55. There are other short-term measures which could effectively improve the political climate and perhaps pave the way for eventual progress towards disarmament.