UN General Assembly
1951

105. That is the point of view from which the Yugoslav delegation considers the proposals of the Government of the USSR, which are now being submitted by that delegation. It is proposed that we should reduce armaments and prohibit atomic weapons. In principle, the Yugoslav delegation supports both proposals. Nevertheless, the approach to this question should not be abstract and pacifistic, but should have regard to its eventual practical bearing on the general cause of peace. Pressure against the freedom and independence of nations may also be conducted without the atomic bomb, since, as has often been stated in the Assembly, “conventional” bombs, aviation, various times of heavy artillery, and so on, can also be highly “effective” methods of mass destruction.