The smaller nations can in fact exercise greater influence on disarmament negotiations than they have hitherto done.

I have, despite all disillusionment, never, never allowed myself to feel like giving up. This is my message today; it is not worthy of a human being to give up.

I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.

The misconception that a victory can be worth its price, has in the nuclear age become a total illusion.

First and foremost arms are tools in the service of rival nations, pointing at the possibility of a future war.

It is frightening that in recent years such an increase has occurred in acts of terrorism, which have even reached peaceful countries such as ours. And as a "remedy", more and more security forces are established to protect the lives of individual men and women.

Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear threat.