UN General Assembly
1959

94. Among these, we have uppermost in our minds the problems of Germany and disarmament. The problem of Germany is, in my delegation’s view, the problem of its ultimate reunification, as no other just solution is conceivable. Manifestly, the reunification of Germany is an indispensable foundation for the maintenance of peace in Europe and in the world. While deploring that the Geneva Conference of Foreign Ministers failed to produce positive agreements, we believe it has had at least the merit of opening the way for further talks, at whatever level, on the crucial problem of Berlin. 95. It is distressing to us that the problem of disarmament continues in the same protracted deadlock. Negotiations on the problem as a whole have not taken place in this Organization or outside of it since 1957, and this fact is to be deplored. Fortunately, recent developments give us the assurance that this intricate problem will be taken up anew by the negotiating body agreed upon during the last Geneva Conference of the four Foreign Ministers.