UN General Assembly
1963

57. The Government of the Ukrainian SSR is convinced that general and complete disarmament, and this alone, is the most important and the decisive condition for peace and a guarantee of peace. The way to a durable peace lies through disarmament, and not through the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. Accordingly, the real solution of the problem of disarmament urgently requires not only our strictest devotion to the idea of general and complete disarmament but also our recognition of the need for further practical measures to achieve it. 58. In order to get the disarmament talks moving again, the delegation of the Soviet Union has proposed the convening, in the first quarter or half of 1964, of a conference of the States members of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament with the participation of political leaders at the highest level [1208th meeting, paras. 130-132], We are in favour of convening such a conference. 59. The success of the disarmament talks will also be fostered by the Soviet Union's new proposals for a so-called "nuclear umbrella" [ibid.,paras. 133-138],