The world wants disarmament, the world needs disarmament. We have it in our power to help fashion future history.

The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements of such a peace?

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.

In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history.

The world wants disarmament, the world needs disarmament. We have it in our power to help fashion future history.