UN General Assembly
1959

54. There can be no doubt that disarmament constitutes an urgent duly and a cardinal responsibility of the United Nations. And I am impelled to say that any tendency to dissociate the Organization from developments concerning this problem would be particularly regrettable and dangerous. Nevertheless, let us hasten to recognize that, up to the present, the authority of the United Nations in this domain has never been seriously contested. The ten-Power disarmament committee, the creation of which was communicated to the United Nations Disarmament Commission, is an organ which does not engage the responsibility of the United Nations. I must add that the cause of disarmament is so vital that no one could raise objections to the great Powers choosing the procedure that seems good to them in order to bring do fruition the negotiations which they have in view. The merits of their choice will be judged by the results. We all pray that these results may be satisfactory.