UN General Assembly
1969

goes up, the spiral of security goes down.” [Ibid., para. 28.] 11. In this situation, the choice that the two super-Powers will have to make is not the classical dilemma of the lesser of two evils: they will either have to give up their nuclear weapons entirely and place under effective control the development of science and technology for weapons purposes, or they will immeasurably enhance the risk of total destruction and the sense of insecurity to the point where, even if one day the big Powers wanted to, so complicated would be the problem of inspection that they would no longer be able to reduce their nuclear arsenals. This is not idle speculation; already we see the handwriting on the wall with plans for anti-missile defence and missiles with multiple warheads. If science and technology have, throughout history, found immediate application in weapons of war, the present rate of application is unprecedented. With every advance, man’s chances of controlling the use of these weapons has gradually diminished to a point where a totally uncontrollable stage will soon be reached.