QUOTES
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the long run the purpose is to form a new security system in a world when nobody
goes hungry because we spend money on armaments.
We
have now reached the stage where disarmament alone, although an absolute necessity,
is not enough. The stockpiles of arms are in themselves a mortal threat to mankind
but there are also other threats to our existence.Disarmament for peace is not
sufficient: it must be supported by development for peace.
The
situation of the world around us can be painted in a picture of the darkest possible
colours. On one hand, the arms race absorbs for deadly purposes 40 million dollars
every 24 hours. On the other hand, immeasurable poverty affects the lives of three-quarters
of the men, women and children in the world around us. The efforts for disarmament
must therefore be an inextricable part of the efforts to solve the common problems
of our time, problems which ultimately involve our very survival, the possibility
to continue the human experiment."
