Where do these arms come from, these Saturday night specials that constitute the instrument of threats in bank robberies, or the hand grenades used by terrorists? How can their sales and their import be permitted?

She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. Alva Myrdal (née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist and politician. From 1950 to 1955 Alva Myrdal was chairman of UNESCO's social science section—the first woman to hold such prominent positions in the UN.