UNITED NATIONS: By Acclamation

"Is there any objection?" asked Assembly President Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium.

There were no objections.

Said Mr. Spaak: "There being no objection, I declare that the resolution on principles governing the general regulation and reduction of armaments is unanimously adopted by the General Assembly."

This, last week, was the most dramatic exhibition of the world's will to peace since the Charter was signed at San Francisco. By acclamation, the 54 members of the U.N. recommended that the Security Council frame treaties prohibiting atomic weapons and other instruments of mass destruction, reducing standard armaments,...

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