UN General Assembly
1954

23. Prime Minister Nehru of India, in a statement in the Indian Parliament on 2 April 1954 [DC/44 and Corr.1], said: “The open ocean appears no longer open, except in that those who sail on it for fishing or other legitimate purposes take greater and unknown risks caused by these explosions. It is of great concern to us that Asia and her peoples appear to be always nearer these occurrences and experiments and their fearsome consequences, actual and potential.” 24. The indignation and revulsion of world public opinion against these experiments should be a grave warning to those who are spreading fear and war hysteria. What mankind expects, and is endeavouring to ensure, is that the great inventions of the human mind should be used for, and not against, civilization; not for mass destruction, but for peaceful ends, and for Progress and prosperity in every sphere.