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∙ More international cooperation in the exploration of space, the development of better weather forecasting and communications.
Disarmament. "Our aim is to reach agreement on all the various measures that will bring general and complete disarmament." Proposals to prevent the danger of "war by miscalculation" and the danger of growing nuclear weapons stockpiles:
∙ In times of crisis, pending disarmament, any nation seeking to prove that its military movements are defensive only could call in "an appropriate United Nations surveillance body."
∙ Scientists of nuclear powers should plan how to end, "under verification procedures," production of nuclear materials for weapons.
∙ The U.S. and U.S.S.R. should match each other, plant for plant, in closing down facilities for making nuclear weapons, as existing fissionable materials are transferred to an international stockpile.
∙ The U.S. is "prepared to submit to any international inspection, provided only that it is effective and truly reciprocal . . . Secrecy is not only an anachronism—it is downright dangerous."
"Our goal [is] not a superstate above nations but a world community embracing them all, rooted in law and justice and enhancing the potentialities and common purposes of all peoples . . . Let us launch a renewed effort to strengthen this international community, to forge new bonds between its members in undertaking new ventures on behalf of all mankind . . . The means are at hand. We have but to use them with a wisdom and energy worthy of our cause."