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“It should also be pointed out that the United States is establishing installations in the Federal Republic of Germany for the launching of guided missiles. The concentration by the Western Powers of various types of nuclear weapons on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany and their plans to equip the West German army with atomic weapons is tantamount to the conversion of the Federal Republic of Germany into the main European armed camp and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s basic stronghold in Europe for conducting an atomic war. Atomic warfare on German soil can end only in disaster on an unheard-of scale for the people of Germany. However, the Adenauer Government, disregarding all this, has entered into an alliance with the most aggressive circles in the United States.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The aggressive nature of the West German army is evident from the fact that it is being trained under the direction of former generals such as: Heusinger, Milch, Meister, Osterkamp, Ruge and others, and that former SS officers are serving in it. Military cadres are being trained at a rate which will in future provide military leaders for 200 West German divisions. Already 50,000 unit and company commanders, platoon leaders, not to speak of senior staff, are receiving instruction. Out of the total of 37,000 million marks which the Federal Republic of Germany is spending in 1957-1958, no less than 9,000 million marks are for military expenditures. In the first quarter of 1957 alone military expenditure was nine times higher than during the same period in 1956. 76.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Disregarding the vital interests of the German people, the Adenauer Government subordinated the domestic and foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the demands of the ruling circles of the United States which are actively reviving German militarism, the deadly foe of the peoples of Europe. 74. As the whole world knows, the Adenauer Government has undertaken the formation of a West German armed force. Measures have been taken to form twelve divisions, a number subsequently to be increased to sixty. West Germany already has its own air force and navy. Military schools have been set up in the Federal Republic of Germany. Orders have already been placed for the delivery of 5,000 tanks to the Federal Republic of Germany. 75.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The Byelorussian people, one of Germany’s closest neighbours, cannot remain indifferent to the remilitarization of West Germany currently undertaken by the Adenauer Government. 73. It is well known that both the First and Second World Wars, unleashed by German militarists, began in Europe. Now, barely twelve years after the surrender of Hitlerite Germany, the West German militarists under the leadership of the Adenauer Government are once again emerging as a real threat to European security. Nurturing ideas of revenge, the Adenauer Government joined the aggressive North Atlantic bloc, introduced compulsory military service and created insurmountable obstacles to the unification of Germany.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The Byelorussian people warmly support the Soviet Union Government's proposals on disarmament and the easing of international tension. These proposals reflect the ardent desire of the peoples of the Soviet Union to prevent a new world war, strengthen peace and security throughout the world, and establish confidence and co-operation among peoples. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR hopes that the USSR proposals will commend themselves to the States Members of the United Nations. 71. I should like now to refer to the situation in West Germany. We do so because the Western Powers have artificially linked the disarmament problem to the question of the unification of Germany. 72. We wish to call the General Assembly's attention to the growing threat to European peace and security represented by the West German revanchists.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“In the post-war period the Byelorussian people carried out a huge construction programme to remove the tragic consequences of the war-time devastation and to rebuild its destroyed towns and villages. 68. Industry has not only been restored but has been reconstructed on an entirely different technical basis. Heavy industry has been developed considerably, particularly machine-building, and now includes new branches such as the building of tractors, motor-cars, instruments and so forth. By 1956 industrial production in the Byelorussian SSR was 2.7 times greater than in the pre-war year of 1940 and 22 times greater than before the revolution. 69. The Byelorussian people are vitally interested in a lasting, durable peace which would allow the peoples of the world to engage in peaceful, constructive work. 70.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Evatt, the leader of the Australian Labour Party, who wrote in the issue of the magazine Tribune of 27 June 1957 that "the influence against disarmament exercised by tremendously powerful capital interests embedded in armaments manufacture...will be found no less sinister than the activities of the notorious arms ring which helped forward the rapid growth of Hitlerism and Fascism between World War I and World War II". 67. The Byelorussian people are vitally interested in an early settlement of the disarmament problem because their country has been laid waste by German militarism twice within a period of twenty-five years in the present century. During the Second World War alone, the total damage sustained by the Byelorussian SSR amounted to more than one-half of its national wealth.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“According to the newspaper Daily Mirror of 24 September 1957, President Eisenhower told the National Security Council that the United States was maintaining "the most powerful military establishment in our peacetime history". 65. Profits earned by American corporations increased from $23,500 million in 1946 to $43,600 million in 1956. The well-informed Magazine of Wall Street referred to 1955 and 1956 as the "golden years" of business. That is why the American monopolists are making every effort to maintain the existing international tension and to prevent a settlement of the disarmament problem. 66. One must agree with Mr.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Does it not want to continue to test nuclear weapons in its territory with the blessing of the United Nations and to avail itself of the high status of that Organisation to cover up its refusal to discontinue the testing of nuclear weapons? The United Nations cannot and must not lend itself to that scheme. 63. What are the reasons for the opposition of the United States to a settlement of the disarmament problem and, in particular, to the discontinuance of the testing of nuclear weapons? They may be found in the fact that the American monopolists are prepared to sacrifice hundreds of millions of human lives in order to receive huge profits which, according to Congressman George Mahon, a member of the United States House of Representatives, are sky-rocketing. 64.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The draft resolution submitted by the delegation of the Soviet Union provides for the discontinuance under international control of the testing of atomic and hydrogen weapons for a period of two to three years. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR fully supports that proposal because it reflects the hopes and demands of the peoples throughout the world. 62. The United States and the United Kingdom nevertheless refuse to stop testing nuclear weapons. Thus, in the statement he made on 19 September [680th meeting], Mr. Dulles, in effect, spoke in favour of continuing such tests, for he invited United Nations observers to attend a forthcoming test. Naturally, we want to know the purpose of the United States proposal.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“In their statement these scientists called attention to the fact that the testing of nuclear weapons on an ever increasing scale now threatens the life and health not only of the present generation but also of future generations. 60. That is why the General Assembly must seriously consider the item entitled "Effects of Atomic Radiation" proposed by the delegation of Czechoslovakia [A/3614 and Add. 1]. It is the view of all peace-loving people that a settlement of the problem of disarmament, the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons and the discontinuance of the testing of those weapons, must not be delayed. 61. A real opportunity for a decision on the discontinuance of the testing of nuclear weapons will be provided at the current session.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Fujiyama, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, speaking from this rostrum on 19 September [680th meeting] during the general debate of the current session of the General Assembly, rightly called attention to the unspeakable tragedy which would result from a nuclear war and said that settlement of the question of discontinuing the testing of nuclear weapons was urgently required. 59. Thousands of scientists in Europe, America, Asia and Africa favour the discontinuance of the testing of nuclear weapons and the removal of the threat of an atomic war. In August this year a large group of Byelorussian scientists issued a statement on the question of discontinuing the use and testing of nuclear weapons.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“In it he analysed the physical, biological and climatic phenomena resulting from the explosion of extremely powerful atomic and hydrogen bombs. He indicates in his study that over the past twelve years a total of 140 tests were conducted, thirty of them since May 1956. The energy released by these explosions is equivalent to the destructive power of from 6,000 to 7,000 atomic bombs of the type dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 57. In this connexion, I should like to recall that in August 1957 twelve years had elapsed since the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were subjected to the first atomic bombings in the history of mankind. 58. Mr.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Insisting upon their previous conditions, piling reservation upon reservation like ice flows during the spring tides, the Western Powers are making every effort to prevent a discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests and to retain the right to use them. 55. They forget that the destruction which would result from a new war fought with modern weapons would not spare any country in any continent. We should also bear in mind that the level of atomic radiation in the world is constantly increasing as a result of the testing of nuclear weapons. World public opinion is deeply concerned over this fact. 56. Allow me to give a few examples. Charles-Noel Martin, the French atomic scientist, recently submitted to the Academy of Sciences in Paris a scientific study on the harmful effects of atomic explosions.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The Soviet Union proposed that, irrespective of other disarmament problems, the testing of nuclear weapons should be suspended for a period of two to three years. I shall not dwell on these proposals since they have been set out in detail by Mr. Gromyko, Chairman of the Soviet delegation [681st meeting]. 54. On their side, what are the Western Powers proposing? After long delays and repeated postponements of the Sub-Committee’s meetings, Mr. Stassen, the representative of the United States, speaking on behalf of the Western Powers, submitted their so-called new proposals on 21 August 1957. Having considered them carefully, our delegation has come to the conclusion that these new proposals submitted by the Western Powers fail to remove any of the previous obstacles to a disarmament agreement.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The Soviet Union went some distance to meet the position of the Western Powers by accepting their proposals with respect to conventional armaments. We would have thought that the Western Powers would, in turn, have agreed to discontinue the use of atomic and hydrogen weapons and to prohibit them completely. The peace-loving peoples awaited these measures and expected not words but deeds from the Western Powers. However, their hopes were dashed. Alleging that the Soviet proposals were unduly broad, the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Canada claimed that a programme of partial measures would have a better chance of succeeding. 53. Taking these views into account, the Soviet Union submitted new proposals for the Sub-Committee's consideration.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The purpose of every Soviet proposal in the United Nations has been to end the armaments race, to achieve substantial reduction of armaments and armed forces, to prohibit atomic and hydrogen weapons and to use atomic energy for peaceful purposes only. 51. The Soviet Government's latest proposals of 18 March, 30 April and 14 June 1957 [DC/112, annexes 1, 7 and 12] with respect to a reduction of armaments, the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons, a temporary suspension of the testing of nuclear weapons and the removal of the threat of a new war contain a number of fresh elements which provide a basis for the settlement of controversial questions. These proposals constitute a great contribution to the cause of peace and pave the way to a practical settlement of the disarmament problem. 52.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The responsibility for preventing a settlement of the disarmament problem lies, of course, with the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Canada who, as became clear in the course of the Sub-Committee’s work, want neither a general nor a partial reduction of armaments, nor even a temporary suspension of the testing of nuclear weapons. While they paid lip-service to disarmament, they made every effort to steer the Sub-Committee away from the settlement of this vitally important problem. They talked about disarmament in order to cover up the continuing atomic and hydrogen weapons race. 50. As we know, the Soviet Union has, since 1946, striven tirelessly in the United Nations for a settlement of this important problem.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The Byelorussian people, like all the other peoples of the world, expect the participants in the negotiations to find ways to reconcile their positions, to display the necessary patience, wisdom, goodwill and desire for agreement, and to exert every effort in their search for ways to break the disarmament deadlock. 48. The peoples’ hopes were unfortunately disappointed. The question naturally arises, therefore, of the responsibility for the fact that no practical results were achieved in the work of the Sub-Committee and that it failed to deal successfully with the problems before it. 49.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Diefenbaker to conceal the obvious fact that at the present time the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the chief instrument in the preparation of a new world war. 46. To form a clearer notion of the position of the Western Powers, including the United Kingdom and France, on disarmament questions, let us turn to the work of the Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission which has just come to an end. 47. We have closely followed the work of the Subcommittee over a period of more than five months, and we have studied the documents submitted by the representatives of the Western Powers as well as by the representatives of the Soviet Union.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“As the representative of a country which is taking part in the Sub-Committee's activities, Mr. Diefenbaker really knows very well that the Soviet Union not only considered the Western proposals seriously but on repeated occasions took steps to meet the Western Powers half-way. By his speech, Mr. Diefenbaker has once again shown that Canada and the other three Western Powers are refusing to reach an agreement on disarmament, the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons and the suspension of tests of those weapons. 45. Mr. Diefenbaker vainly endeavoured to prove here that the North Atlantic bloc was not an aggressive bloc. But this is a waste of effort, like trying to show that black is white. No peace-loving utterances about the North Atlantic bloc will enable Mr.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Lloyd, endeavours " to paint in rosy hues the position of the Western Powers in the Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission, and on the other hand to vilify the attitude of the Soviet Union on disarmament questions. This was an example of Mr. Lloyd's firmly rooted habit of seeking to shift the blame. 43. The Prime Minister of Canada, Mr.Diefenbaker, whose country is a member of the Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission, also undertook the thankless task of distorting the Soviet Union's clear position on disarmament. In his speech of 23 September [683rd meeting] he turned the facts upside down when he alleged that the Soviet Union had refused to meet the Western Powers halfway on disarmament and that it had even refused to consider the Western proposals. 44. Nothing could be more absurd than such an assertion.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Let the Governments of the United States and the USSR be called upon to reduce their armed forces gradually, in three stages, to 1,700,000 men, and the Governments of France and the United Kingdom to 650,000 men, and to reduce their military budgets by 15 per cent in the first stage. 41. Let us call upon the Governments of States which maintain numerous military bases on the territories of other countries to follow the example of the Soviet Union in liquidating their military bases. This would help to put an end to the armaments race, increase confidence among States and terminate the "cold war". 42. In his speech to the Assembly on 24 September [685th meeting], the representative of the United Kingdom, Mr.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The future will show whether they are propaganda or represent the firm resolve of the Soviet Union to bring about real disarmament. 39. Let the Governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and the USSR, which possess atomic weapons, be called upon to assume in the first stage, at least, a temporary obligation not to use atomic and hydrogen weapons, so that, if a broad international agreement on disarmament has not been achieved at the expiration of a five-year period, the United Nations will again consider the question of the obligation of States to refrain from using nuclear weapons. This is a real proposal. 40.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“On the pretext of an alleged "Soviet threat", they regard atomic and hydrogen weapons as the basis of their military strength and are therefore seeking to prevent the discontinuance of nuclear weapons tests and to retain the right to use them. In the United States and the United Kingdom, it is widely maintained that it will be possible to initiate real negotiations with the Soviet Union only after a sufficient quantity of atomic and nuclear bombs have been accumulated. 38. These same representatives allege that the Soviet Union has been making its disarmament proposals for propaganda purposes only. It is strange, but a fact nevertheless, that when the Soviet Union makes real and specific disarmament proposals, the Western Powers declare this to be propaganda. But let us endeavour to put these proposals to the test.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“They wish to labour in peace and to enjoy all the advantages of contemporary civilization and culture. If the United Nations could settle the question of disarmament, a link would be forged in a chain leading to a radical improvement in the entire international situation. 37. We understand the concern and alarm shown here by the representatives of a number of States over the armaments race, since it affects the vital interests of all peoples. At the same time we have been called upon to listen to speeches by the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and others who have not only failed to show any concern and alarm, but have, on the contrary, endeavoured in every way to prove that disarmament was a practical impossibility.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The great founder of the Soviet State, Lenin, said: "We favour alliances with all States, excluding none." The efforts of the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and a number of other countries to distort and vilify the peaceful foreign policy of the Soviet Union are therefore futile. 36. At the present time, among the unresolved international issues preoccupying the peoples of the entire world, no question is more important than that of the reduction of armaments and armed forces, the prohibition of the manufacture and use of atomic and hydrogen weapons and the elimination of the threat of a new war. People all over the world do not want the air raid sirens to rouse the children out of their sleep.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Casey, the Minister for External Affairs of Australia, grossly distorted these principles by attributing to the Soviet Union some special interpretation of the concept of peaceful coexistence. Mr. Casey spoke here as an ardent enemy of the principle of the peaceful coexistence of States with differing social and political systems. He evidently wishes that the American-Australian system were the only one in the world. However, that is not for him to decide. Whether he likes it or not, he will have to reckon with the existence of a world-wide" socialist system. 35. Forty years of the history of the Soviet State have fully confirmed that for the Soviet Union the policy of peaceful coexistence is not a matter of tactics or diplomatic manoeuvring, but the general line of Soviet foreign policy in its relations with all States.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The draft contains an appeal to States to be guided in their relations with, one another by the following principles: mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-intervention in one another’s domestic affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence. Whereas these principles are winning an ever greater measure of recognition among States, the representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and other countries who have spoken from this platform have either ignored these principles, endeavoured not to notice them or have opposed them because they proclaim the sovereign right of every State to freedom and independence and express the most cherished hopes of the peoples of all nations of the world. 34. Speaking here on 25 September [687th meeting], Mr.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The Organization was conceived as a centre for concerting the actions of States, where the Member States might express their views, where decisions might be taken on questions of peace and security, of economic, social and cultural co-operation, taking into account the interests of all. 33. The Soviet Union and many other States consistently adhere to these fundamental principles of the United Nations. This is attested by the draft declaration concerning the peaceful coexistence of States submitted by the Soviet Union [A/36731 at the present session.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“They are utilizing the so-called Hungarian question to this end, and have succeeded once again in having it included in the agenda of the current session. They are endeavouring to intervene in the internal affairs of the Hungarian People’s Republic, once again to let loose a torrent of slander against the Soviet Union and the peoples' democracies. 31. As in the past, the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR will resolutely oppose any efforts at United Nations intervention in the internal affairs of Hungary. The United Nations Charter gives no one the right to intervene in the internal affairs of other States. 32. We know that the United Nations is based upon the principles of the peaceful coexistence of States with different social and political systems.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The General Assembly has the duty to bar the road to the forces of aggression and war and to promote efforts designed to reduce international tension and establish an atmosphere of confidence in relations between States. The security of individual States and international security as a whole will be achieved not by the formation of military groupings and the continuation of the cold war, but by the combined efforts of all States, large and small, for the strengthening of universal peace. 30. The representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and several other countries who spoke before me are pursuing a different course, that of increasing mistrust between States. They are endeavouring to intensify the "cold war"; they are in effect opposing any relaxation of international tension.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“Recent events in the Near East and in the Middle East are the result of a conspiracy by aggressive circles in the West against the freedom and independence of the Arab peoples. The aggression against Egypt, the armed struggle which the French colonialists are conducting against the Algerian people, the British aggression against Oman, the bombing of the cities of Yemen by British aircraft, the attempts to strangle the independent Republic of Syria and other events have shown that the aggressive forces will stop at nothing in their efforts to maintain colonial rule in that area. They are resorting to armed force, ignoring the fact that at the present time local military conflicts may develop into a major conflagration. 29.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“As the main purpose of the United Nations is to strengthen peace and international security, the delegation of the Byelorussian SSR feels it must state its views on the fundamental issues of the contemporary international situation. 27. It should be noted that, through the efforts of the Soviet Union and other peace-loving countries, the international situation at the moment is somewhat more relaxed than it was last year, notwithstanding the stubborn resistance of aggressive circles among the Western Powers. Nevertheless, we have over the past few months witnessed a revival of the forces of aggression in a number of areas in the world. By generating new conflicts they are endeavouring to plunge mankind into a vortex of fresh disasters. 28.”
1957-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 12 (1957)
“The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR is confident that the General Assembly will discharge its duties and will make a worthy contribution to the noble cause of eliminating the threat of another world war and strengthening international peace and friendship.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The responsibility of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace and for the future of the world has never been so great as it is today. World public opinion expects the activities of the United Nations to be. completely and fully in accordance with the noble purposes and principles of its Charter, which are designed to maintain universal peace and security. 55. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR, for its part, has at every session of the General Assembly vigorously supported and will in future support measures to develop international co-operation, to strengthen mutual understanding and confidence among States, to relax international tension and to. promote peace throughout the world. 56.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“Suffice it to say that many delegations and tourists have recently visited the Byelorussian SSR; they were all given every opportunity to establish broad contacts with the population without any restrictions whatsoever, and everywhere they went the Byelorussian people met them with great friendliness and hospitality. 53. We must not, however, rest on our laurels. The United Nations should help to develop contacts among people of different nations, encourage exchanges of parliamentary, social, scientific and business delegations and promote international tourism, festivals and sporting and theatrical events. The constructive value of these international contacts is that they will undoubtedly strengthen friendship among peoples, and as long as this friendship exists and develops, the forces of war will be kept in check. 54.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“A conference of this kind would help to restore to normal the flow of international trade and would contribute towards the relaxation of international tension and the establishment of friendly relations between States. 52. International contacts play an important part in strengthening friendly relations between States and establishing international confidence. Meetings between statesmen of countries with different social and political systems and visits of parliamentary and other delegations and of tourists are no longer a rarity. We welcome the expansion of personal contacts and for our part are doing everything possible to enable more delegations and tourists from all countries of the world to visit our Republic.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“At every session of the General Assembly the Byelorussian delegation has advocated the creation of favourable conditions for unhampered international trade and economic co-operation on the basis of the principle of the equality of all the countries concerned. We have always attached great importance to efforts to extend international economic co-operation as an important factor in the peaceful coexistence of States with different social system. The United Nations must condemn discrimination in economic relations and particularly in trade. 51. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR supports the Soviet delegation’s proposal to convene a world economic conference in 1957 to discuss the further development of international trade and the setting up of an international trade organization within the framework of the United Nations.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“47. The delegation of the Byelorussian SSR considers that the grant of technical assistance to economically under-developed countries can be a valuable means of supplementing those countries’ own efforts to develop their national economies. 48. The Government of the Byelorussian SSR, for its part, has already contributed 800,000 roubles to the Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance during the past few years. 49. We consider that in future a larger number of countries must be induced to provide such assistance by sending experts and offering fellowships for the purpose of training national cadres in the under-developed countries. This will promote international co-operation in the interchange of scientific and technical knowledge and production techniques, to the economically underdeveloped countries’ undoubted benefit. 50.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“It has not done enough to promote international economic co-operation based on the principle of equal rights, and has not always done all it should to defend the interests of the under-developed countries and to support their efforts to develop their national economies. 45. As is known, the Soviet Union has consistently tried to achieve broad economic co-operation with all countries regardless of their social systems. We have always believed that the peoples of different countries should share their production experience and scientific, artistic and technical achievements. 46. The United Nations should take steps to create favourable conditions for the development of unhampered international trade and economic co-operation among States. The illegal decision imposing an embargo on trade with the People’s Republic of China must be repealed.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The Economic and Social Council, as we know, has the duty to consider means of fostering international trade, to promote the industrialization of the under-developed countries, and the development of their national economies and to examine ways of raising levels of employment and levels of living. The Council has certainly done some useful work in this field. It has, for example, begun to pay greater attention to economic conditions in under-developed countries and has set up a commission on international commodity trade. 44. At the same time it should be noted that the Economic and Social Council has not yet taken any constructive steps to promote unhampered international trade on the basis of mutual economic advantage.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“Persons who are well known to all and who financed Hitler’s army and supplied it with weapons, namely Krupp, Schacht, Flick, Abs and others, have seized control of the West Germany economy. There is now much talk in West Germany of providing the newly-created army with atomic weapons. 42. Experience has taught us to be vigilant and not to sit idly by but to do everything in our power to ensure that Europe will never again be the scene of war. German imperialists and revanchistes following in Hitler’s footsteps should be given due notice that the peace-loving peoples will never again allow West Germany to become a hotbed of war in Europe. 43. The elimination of artificial barriers to the expansion of international trade would considerably strengthen friendly relations between States and promote their peoples’ welfare.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The Adenauer Government has already made detailed plans for the organization of the West German armed forces. According to the West German Press, steps are being taken to establish twelve divisions, which will later be increased to sixty. 40. West Germany will have an air force of about 2,500 modern aircraft. Plans are also being made to establish a navy consisting of 50,000 men at the outset, a figure which will later be increased. The task of creating an army is entirely in the hands of former fascist generals such as Heusinger, Kesselring, Manteuffel and Ramke, whose names are all too familiar to us. 41. It should also be noted that the armaments industry has been re-established in West Germany with the encouragement and assistance of the United States. In 1955, the country had over 40 factories and plants producing armaments.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“We cannot remain indifferent to the law recently adopted by the Bundestag introducing universal military service in the Federal Republic of Germany. The adoption of this law paves the way for the creation of the largest army in Western Europe at a time when the Governments of many countries are trying to find specific means of achieving disarmament and when certain States have already reduced their armed forces. 38. The ruling circles of West Germany have embarked upon the same course as that taken by German Nazism. At this moment a new aggressive Wehrmacht is being formed, led by Hitlerite generals and made up of half a million men, with armoured and air force units; and the production of armaments is being increased considerably. 39.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“Our delegation expresses the hope that the USSR proposals will be supported by the Member States of the United Nations, since they correspond to what all nations desire and are designed to strengthen peace and security throughout the world. 37. I should now like to say a few words about the situation in West Germany. This is a particular source of concern to us, because in the first half of the twentieth century Byelorussia was twice the victim of an invasion launched by German militarists and suffered enormous material and manpower losses. The Byelorussian people, as one of Germany’s closest neighbours, cannot view with indifference what is now happening in West Germany. Our people are vitally interested in averting another war in Europe and resolutely opposed to the rearmament of West Germany.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The first step in this direction would be for the Western Powers to agree to stop testing nuclear weapons. Peace-loving peoples are waiting for these steps to be taken; they expect not words but deeds from the Western Powers. 36. The Byelorussian delegation fully supports the statement made by Mr. Shepilov, Chairman of the Soviet delegation. It wholeheartedly endorses the Soviet Government’s proposals of 17 November 1956 on disarmament and the relaxation of international tension. These proposals reflect the ardent desire of the peoples of the Soviet Union to avert another world war, to strengthen peace and security throughout the world and to restore confidence and co-operation among states.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“The Soviet Government, desiring to make a decisive contribution towards reducing and relaxing international tension and eliminating the threat of another war, recently took a number of practical steps in the field of disarmament. The most important of these is the Soviet Government’s decision to reduce the armed forces of the USSR by almost two million men. The people’s democracies have also reduced their armed forces. The Western Powers, however, did not follow the example of the Soviet Union and the people’s democracies. The next move is therefore not up to the Soviet Union but the Western Powers, which should agree to reduce their armaments and armed forces and to renounce and completely prohibit the use of atomic and hydrogen weapons.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“In this connexion we would merely ask whether the aggression committed by the United Kingdom, France and Israel against Egypt does not constitute a serious blow to international confidence. 34. The Soviet Union, the main objective of whose foreign policy is to maintain and strengthen peace and to avert another world war, is exerting unremitting efforts in the United Nations to achieve a solution of the disarmament problem. It has given abundant tangible proof of its desire to solve, once and for all, the question of disarmament and the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen weapons, which is of vital importance to the peoples of all countries. 35.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)
“For them the armaments race is a most profitable business, pouring as it does a stream of gold into their coffers. 32. Mr. Martino, the representative of Italy, in his statement during the general debate, said that international events had seriously undermined international confidence. He added that: “In order to smooth the path towards such agreement [on disarmament], which is eagerly awaited by all peoples, it is necessary that some specific action should be taken ... to restore confidence.” [588th meeting, para. 122.] 33. Mr. Martino’s argument is not new. It was repeatedly advanced by the United States and the United Kingdom representatives when the disarmament question was being examined in the Disarmament Commission and the Disarmament Sub-Committee.”
1956-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 11 (1956)