Show II I II I Since its founding nearly 23 years ago the United Nations has been a controversial force in our country Its promoters bombard us with propaganda stressing its achievements and avoiding mention of its short short- comings Its foes are equally articulate and insistent in branding it ineffectual Limiting Nuclear Weapons WE DONT DON'T know for sure whether the UN has prevented prevent prevent- ed World War III we only know that so far we have been spared such a holocaust We Wedo Wedo do 10 know however that theUN the theUN theUN UN is making its impact on relations between govern govern- ments The discussions in the General General Genral Gen Gen- eral ral Assembly and in the Security Security Se Se- Council of the UN are open pen for all the world to hear as IS is the debate in our own Congress And in the course of f these discussions governments governments governments govern govern- ments still sadly estranged from one another do via cate-via ate ate- via their representatives AS A RESULT of this dialog dialog dialog dia dia- log last month the United Nations General Assembly adopted the U. U Soviet S.-Soviet draft treaty for the nonproliferation tion of nuclear weapons By Bya a 9 to 95 4 vote 21 abstentions the nations agreed to prohibit nuclear powers from distributing ing nuclear weapons or knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge to ot others hers They y also agreed to bar powers from building atomic weapons In addition the treaty provid- provid d for a full exchange of in- in looking toward wider utilization of nuclear energy for ier peaceful purposes |