UN General Assembly
1954

80. The first paragraph of the draft resolution submitted by the Soviet Union delegation stresses that the international convention should be based on the French and United Kingdom proposals of 11 June 1954 [DC/53, annex 9], Under the draft resolution, the Disarmament Commission would be instructed to prepare a draft convention providing for the prohibition of atomic, hydrogen and other weapons of mass destruction and their elimination from the armaments of States, a substantial reduction in armaments and the establishment of international control over the implementation of these decisions. Provision is made for two successive reductions of armaments and budgetary appropriations for military requirements, to the extent of 50 per cent of the agreed levels, from the strength of armaments and armed forces existing on 31 December 1953.