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Scandinavian Documents

Scandinavian Documents SCANDINAVIAN DOCUMENTS Dok. A/1962. Statement by Mr. Torsten Nilsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, in the First Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nati- ons, October 19, 1962. The Swedish Delegation finds it right and natural that this Committee has chosen to debate the issue of a suspension of nuclear tests as the first item on its agenda. The importance of halting the development of new, . ever more horrible types of weapons and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons to still more countries has not decreased in the course of the past year, rather the opposite. The continued tests expose the peoples of the entire world to increased radioactive radiation. The United Nations' own Committee for the study of these issues, backed by the authority of science itself, has raised a warning voice. Public opinion in the entire world is becoming more and more aware of, and is experiencing a deep anxiety at, the risks to the present and the future generation that con- tinued tests may involve. In many countries - among them Sweden - there is strong popular demand that every effort should be made to influence the nuclear powers to agree, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nordic Journal of International Law Brill

Scandinavian Documents

Nordic Journal of International Law , Volume 32 (1-4): 299 – Jan 1, 1962

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1962 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0902-7351
eISSN
1571-8107
DOI
10.1163/187529362X00223
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Abstract

SCANDINAVIAN DOCUMENTS Dok. A/1962. Statement by Mr. Torsten Nilsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, in the First Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nati- ons, October 19, 1962. The Swedish Delegation finds it right and natural that this Committee has chosen to debate the issue of a suspension of nuclear tests as the first item on its agenda. The importance of halting the development of new, . ever more horrible types of weapons and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons to still more countries has not decreased in the course of the past year, rather the opposite. The continued tests expose the peoples of the entire world to increased radioactive radiation. The United Nations' own Committee for the study of these issues, backed by the authority of science itself, has raised a warning voice. Public opinion in the entire world is becoming more and more aware of, and is experiencing a deep anxiety at, the risks to the present and the future generation that con- tinued tests may involve. In many countries - among them Sweden - there is strong popular demand that every effort should be made to influence the nuclear powers to agree,

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Nordic Journal of International LawBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1962

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