UN General Assembly
1959

6. The daily quest of mankind for peace and stability is certainly the greatest challenge to the minds of the statesmen of our times. The ever-pressing problem in this regard is the question of disarmament. It is not necessary to review the history of disarmament in the period after the Second World War to state the satisfaction of my delegation that it has been possible to evolve a procedure by which the negotiation on disarmament could be resumed by the establishment of the Ten-Power Committee after almost two years of standstill. As the four-Power communique of 7 September 1959 [DC/144] and the resolution adopted by the Disarmament Commission [DC/146] on 10 September 1959 amply show, the final responsibility regarding the settlement of the disarmament question remains with the United Nations. This is in accordance with the Charter and with resolution 1252 (XIII) of the General Assembly. This is as it should be, for the search for peace is not limited to just a few States, but to all of them, particularly the middle-size and small States who are in dire need of durable peace in order to enable them to develop their resources and thereby achieve a higher standard of living.