UN General Assembly
1960

134. It can, or rather must, be taken for granted that there is a basis of good will, but if we are to free ourselves from the present paralysis and avoid a descent into propaganda, the political aspect and the technical aspect, which together constitute the complex problem of disarmament, must be, separated. Considerations of a technical nature constitute the basis and at the same time the primary condition for the adoption of any political decision on this matter, it is natural, therefore, that the technical aspect, which is preliminary but decisive, should have priority over the purely political aspect. We believe therefore that there is one essential prerequisite.