UN General Assembly
1963

144. We freely admit that disarmament, and especially general and complete disarmament, would be beneficial to our people and the peoples of the socialist countries. We believe, indeed we are sure, that disarmament would also render an inestimable service to the countries which have just embarked on the road of independent development and are engaged in building up their national economy. It would be no less beneficial to the socialist States than to those States which are now accelerating the arms race. 145. Everyone who speaks from this rostrum will probably advocate disarmament. But who can fail to understand that at times those speeches flagrantly contradict the deeds of the Governments on whose behalf they are made? 146. Sad as it is, it must be admitted that there is a great discrepancy between the greatness and nobility of the task of the general and complete disarmament of States, and the role played by the United Nations in its fulfilment. However unpleasant this truth may be, it is nevertheless true.