UN General Assembly
1957

91. It would, of course, be quite acceptable in certain quarters if the Soviet Union alone discontinued nuclear testing, while others continued to conduct them. Few people, however, can be so naive as seriously to believe that one of the Powers possessing nuclear weapons would agree to take such a step unilaterally, thereby placing itself at a disadvantage in relation to the others. 92. It is obvious that the Soviet Union cannot take the risk of endangering its security. We want the USSR, the United States and the United Kingdom to discontinue all atomic weapons testing at one and the same time. In our view, this is the only fair and reasonable proposal. After all, no one would have anything to lose from the discontinuance of nuclear tests except those who are unwilling to halt the nuclear armaments race and are deliberately trying to bring about an atomic war.