UN General Assembly
1962

160. Mr. President, like those who have preceded me on this rostrum, may I congratulate you on your election to this high office. 161. I think those of us who have heard the statement of the distinguished President of Guinea can never say again that they have not had the very acute problems that are facing the new world placed before them. Whether we agree with all that has been said or not, I believe all of us will agree that for the good of the entire world, many of these problems that are becoming more acute should be dealt with as rapidly and as constructively as possible. 162. Again disarmament is the keynote of this general debate; and so it must be until we see at least a beginning. Mankind can know no peace as long as it is compelled to watch nations feverishly accumulate more and more arms, capable of destroying the human race more and more efficiently, while at the same time speeches are made expressing the need for disarmament.