United Nations Charter. On 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, the Charter of the United Nations was signed as an expression of the determined wish "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war". Despite the awful recent experience of the most devastating war he has ever known, man created the means for his own destruction, a modern Frankenstein - the Bomb. In the end we are all dependent on monsters of our own creation, to put it in Goethe's words ... The Bomb gave a new meaning to the notion of the "scourge of war". Had the founders of the United Nations known what would happen in only a few weeks' time, they would certainly have found stronger words when drafting the Charter. Like disaster, or cataclysm, or maybe Armageddon. But it is not words that matter. What matters is the ability of man to realize that in a nuclear age military power can no longer be an absolute guarantee of security. That the arms race cannot be won, but can provoke at any time the fatal spark that will ignite a global fire, this time the last one on the Earth. The national security cannot be opposed to international, common security. CD/PV.555 13 (Mr, Kostov, Bulgaria ) We have to learn to think in a new way, warned Einstein. But have we? "Mutual assured destruction", "balance of terror", "deterrence" ... Is this our new way of thinking? What kind of thinking is it that makes terror the main motivation of human behaviour? I hope these terms will soon go into oblivion. The process of reconsidering strategic concepts and doctrines, which I feel has already begun, must fully take into account universal human needs and values. It is often argued that nuclear weapons have preserved peace, at least in 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the concept of security and the impact of nuclear weapons on international relations. It discusses the idea of deterrence and the balance of terror, and how these concepts may not be effective in maintaining peace. The text also touches on the importance of considering universal human needs and values in the development of strategic concepts and doctrines. Given this content, it is likely that the text falls under the category of international relations and security.

**Category**
International trade, Humanitarian aid and relief