UN General Assembly
1956

37. Moreover, it would appear that the United Nations cannot permit itself to take the same stand with regard to Powers which possess the atomic bomb and threaten to use it as with regard to Powers which do not. We are not prepared to forget Mr. Bulganin’s message and its direct allusion to the use of the atomic bomb by the Soviet Union. If such a factor were to continue to influence the application of the decisions of the United Nations, each country, including the smallest, would feel compelled to make atomic bombs itself to ensure that its rights were respected in international crises. In a few years, when atomic energy becomes less expensive, the manufacture of atomic bombs will be easy. We may well ask in all seriousness what will become of peace when each nation possesses the atomic bomb and threatens to use it. The mad will then be the masters of the world, I apologize for painting such a prospect, but the United Nations cannot afford to ignore the fundamental aspects of the problems whose consequences it examines,