Solemnly reaffirms that, whatever the weapon! used, any aggression, whether committed openly, or by fommting civil strife in the interest of a foreign Power, or otherwise, is the gravest of all crimes against peace and security throughout the world;
T See document A/1401.
Determines that for the realization of lasting peace and security it is indispensable:
That prompt united action be taken to meet (I) aggression wherever it arises;
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That every nation agree:
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To accept effective international control of atomic energy, under the United Nations, on the basis already approved8 by the General Assembly in order to make effective the prohibition of atomic weapons;
( b) To strive for the control and elimination, under the United Nations, of all other weapons of mass destruction ;
( c) To regulate all armaments and armed forces under a United Nations system of control and inspection, with a view to their gradual reduction ;
To reduce to a minimum the diversion for arma- (d) ments of its human and economic resources and to strive towards the development of such resources for the general welfare, with due regard to the needs of the under-developed areas of the world ;
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Declares that these goals can be attained if all the Members of the United Nations demonstrate by their deeds their will to achieve peace.
