UN General Assembly
1968

99. The contention that the dismantling of the nuclear arsenal cannot be undertaken independently of the establishment of a proper balance in conventional weapons strength is inconsistent with the argument that disarmament has necessarily to be a slow process executed in stages and in accordance with a proper order of priorities. If the only priority were to be the final goal itself, which is general and complete disarmament, we would have to resign ourselves to protracted discussion without any practical results.