UN General Assembly
1977

11. It has been generally orally accepted that détente and disarmament are two intertwined process long run the survival of detente is condition; progress in disarmament. One proof of this is that whenever have disarmament issues been negotiated as international as today. Some progress on a number of disarmament issues has been made, but. many remain impatient at the meager results of arms limitation. 12. Because of this it has become popular to blame the arms race on the major Powers and on them only. While this may give an easy excuse for those who want to continue their local arms races, the international community can ill afford such simplified explanations. Regardless of its quantitative or qualitative dimensions, the arms build-up is the result of complex political, economic and technological processes.