United Nations.—No veto to protect those who violate stipulated provisions of international agreement.
Soviet Union.—All decisions require unanimous consent of permanent members of Security Council.
The permanent members of the UNAEC have summarized the differences between the Soviet plan and the world plan in the following fashion:
“The Soviet Union proposes that nations should continue to own explosive atomic materials.
“The other five Powers feel that under such conditions there would be no effective protection against the sudden use of these materials as atomic weapons.
“The Soviet Union proposes that nations continue, as at present, to own, operate, and manage facilities making or using dangerous quantities of such materials.
“The other five Powers believe that, under such conditions, it would be impossible to detect or prevent the diversion of such materials for use in atomic weapons.
“The Soviet Union proposes a system of control depending on periodic inspection of facilities the existence of which the national government concerned reports to the international agency, supplemented by special investigations on suspicion of treaty violations.
“The other five Powers believe that periodic inspection would not prevent the diversion of dangerous materials and that the special investigations envisaged would be wholly insufficient to prevent clandestine activities.”