UN General Assembly
1964

11. The last session of the General Assembly witnessed a turning-point in our quest for peace when more than 100 States Members of the United Nations agreed to the treaty banning nuclear weapons tests in the atmosphere, outer space and under water. This encouraging achievement prompted the General Assembly at its last session to request [resolution 1908 (XVIII)] the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament to resume its negotiations with urgency and determination on general and complete disarmament under effective international control. Although the Eighteen-Nation Committee met in Geneva for about six months, it did not register any substantial progress, and this despite the efforts made by the neutral countries there represented to reconcile the viewpoints of the great Powers.