UN General Assembly
1961

153. A moment ago I spoke of the Berlin crisis. In face of the present world tensions we feel all the more the impelling need for disarmament as an in~ dispensable means for the attainment of a secure peace. Yet, what is the situation now? The Ten- Nation Committee created for the purpose of discussing disarmament has not met for a year, and there is as yet no agreement on the question of an agency to take over this task. There has been too much exploitation of this question for propaganda purposes, and no progress. It is primarily the great Powers which have the heavy responsibility of realizing disarmament. It is up to them to make efforts in good faith to find practical approaches and concrete methods toward the solution of this important problem.