UN General Assembly
1958

28. It may be seen that in the countries in whose arsenals lethal weapons are being stockpiled, no opportunity is missed to point out (that this is being done in order to safeguard peace; This idea clearly has its roots in the fallacious theory, dear to imperialist circles, that the only way to a lasting peace is to achieve a balance of power between large States, armed to the teeth. Apart from the fact that this theory is completely false, it reflects a very strange conception of international relations, namely, that such relations must for all times be based on the strategy and tactics of the “cold war” and an unending Arms race. It is not difficult to see that, when the exponents of this theory speak of a balance of power, they are concealing their real intentions. When they expatiate on this subject, what they have in mind is their own supremacy. The question is, can anyone fail to realize the futility of such an aim in the era of intercontinental ballistic missiles and earth satellites?