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  1. “Our delegation is happy, on behalf of the people and Government of the People's Republic of Albania, to greet the young States of Rwanda, Burundi, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago on their admission to membership in the United Nations and to wish them success in their efforts to remove the last traces of colonial oppression and to develop as independent and sovereign States. 153. We have the utmost sympathy for and will support until victory the Just struggle for liberation of the peoples of Oman, Zanzibar, Angola, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Nyasaland and other peoples still languishing under the colonial yoke. 154. The colonial Powers are endeavouring by all possible means to maintain their domination in the colonies and even to return to those colonies from which they have been driven out, as in the case of the Congo.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  2. “United by firm traditional friendship with the Arab peoples, the Albanian people welcomed with joy and enthusiasm the historic victory of their Algerian brothers who, for more than seven years, waged a heroic struggle and bore innumerable sacrifices, threw off the century-old colonial yoke and proclaimed a free, independent and sovereign State. We shall be happy to see the representatives of the Republic of Algeria in the near future take their proper place among us in the United Nations. We also hope sincerely that the struggle of the valiant people of Oman will very shortly end in their accession to national independence. 152.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  3. “The conclusion of an international agreement on this subject would undoubtedly serve the just cause of Cambodia as well as the cause of peace and international co-operation. 150. The problem of the liquidation of colonialism still remains on the agenda. Like a driving storm the national liberation struggle of the colonial peoples is sweeping the inhuman system of colonialism from the face of the earth. It has changed the map of entire continents and is contributing greatly to the cause of peace and progress. 151. The Albanian people, having themselves known foreign oppression and exploitation from which they freed themselves by force of arms, have always felt and continue to feel complete sympathy with the liberation struggle of the colonial peoples.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  4. “We gladly voted, on behalf of our Government, in favour of the resolution concerning the agreement on West Irian [resolution 1752 (XVII)]. This agreement represents a well-deserved victory for the Indonesian people and Government in their efforts to achieve the liberation of a part of their national territory which still languished under the colonial yoke. These successes, we consider, should now be safeguarded and consolidated, and the imperialists and colonialists should not be permitted to threaten them by diplomatic or other manoeuvres. 149. The Government of the People's Republic of Albania expresses its support for the proposal of the Cambodian Head of State for the convening of an international conference with the task of guaranteeing the territorial integrity and the neutrality of Cambodia.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  5. “We consider, moreover, that the United Nations cannot remain indifferent at the cruel massacre of the population of South Viet-Nam by the United States troops and that it is its duty to call for their immediate withdrawal, so that the Viet-Namese people may solve their own problems in freedom and be able to build a democratic and peaceful Viet-Nam as they themselves wish it to be, as specified in the Geneva Agreements. 147. The delegation of the People's Republic of Albania welcomes the Agreement on Laos and regards it as a victory for the Laotian people and for peace. An independent and neutral Laos not only accords with the wishes of the Laotian people but can only be a positive factor for peace and understanding in Indo-China and South-East Asia. 148.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  6. “Our Government is in complete sympathy with the just struggle of the people of South Viet-Nam for freedom and national independence. It condemns foreign intervention and calls for the withdrawal of the United States troops from the country. We shall also support in the future the just policy and the sustained efforts of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam to achieve the peaceful unification of the country in accordance with the Geneva Agreements.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  7. “In the North, in the Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam, the people, free and sovereign, is developing its national economy and culture on the path of socialism. The Democratic Republic of Viet-Nam is an eminently peaceful State. It scrupulously observes the 1954 Geneva Agreements which ratified the Viet-Namese people's victory over colonialism and indicated the road that would lead to the unification of Viet-Nam as a peaceful democratic country. 145. The oppressive regime imposed upon South Viet-Nam does not recognize the Geneva Agreements. The population is compelled to fight, arms in hand, for its freedom and democratic rights, for an independent and sovereign Viet-Nam. The United States has carried out military intervention there and is conducting an "undeclared war" against the local population. 146.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  8. “The Albanian Government, which has always supported the persevering efforts of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to achieve the peaceful unification of the country, firmly endorses the recent initiative of the Supreme People's Assembly of Korea in calling for the withdrawal of United States troops from South Korea and proposing the conclusion of an agreement between the two parts of Korea whereby both would undertake not to use force in their reciprocal relations. We consider that the United Nations, by means of an appropriate resolution, should call for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops from South Korea and support efforts directed towards the peaceful unification of Korea. 144. A very serious situation exists in South Viet-Nam. Viet-Nam also is divided into two parts.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  9. “The people are cruelly oppressed; they enjoy no freedom, no democratic rights; they live in great economic and moral destitution; and they are struggling to free themselves from this dreadful situation. 142. National unity is the profound aspiration of the Korean people. Korea is one and indivisible. It belongs to the Korean people, who have the right to live free, united, independent and sovereign. The only obstacle to the peaceful unification of Korea is the presence of United States armed forces in South, Korea. 143.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  10. “In the North, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, an independent and sovereign country, in which all power belongs to the people, has made enormous progress in all fields and is successfully building socialism. There is not a single foreign soldier in its territory: the Chinese People's Volunteers have been gone since 1958. Its Government pursues an active policy of peace and international co-operation and is making a valuable contribution to the safeguarding of peace in the Par East. 141. South Korea, on the other hand, languishes under a dictatorial regime and has been converted into a veritable colony and an aggressive military base of the United States of America, which is using the name and the flag of the United Nations for this purpose.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  11. “It is high time that an end was put once and for all to the negative attitude of the United States on this question; it is high time that all Member States which have the cause of peace and of the United Nations at heart expressed themselves an favour of the immediate restoration of the legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations and threw out the representative of the puppet Chiang Kai-shek regime. 138. The Government of the People's Republic of Albania will combine its efforts with those of other peace-loving countries to achieve this end. 139. Another source of persistent tension and danger in the Far East is the foreign intervention in South Korea and South Viet-Nam. 140. Korea continues to be divided into two parts.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  12. “The theory of the "two Chinas", put about by those who seek to prevent in the future the restoration of China's rights in the United Nations and to perpetuate the occupation of Taiwan, has no historical, moral or legal foundation. This manoeuvre is doomed to failure. There is only one China, one and indivisible — the People's Republic of China; there is only one Government of the Chinese people — the Government of the People’s Republic of China.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  13. “Its role at and its contribution to the Geneva conferences on Korea, Viet-Nam and Laos are well known. It has repeatedly taken the initiative and proposed measures calculated to strengthen peace and security in Asia and the world and it is plain that without its participation no solution to the great international problems of the present day, such as disarmament and many others, can be achieved. The People's Republic of China has already indicated clearly that it does not consider valid, so far as it is concerned, any international agreement in the elaboration of which it did not take part and which does not bear the signature of its representatives. 137.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  14. “This wonderful people — wonderful yesterday for its heroic struggle for liberation and today for its toil in building socialism — has won the admiration of other peoples by its talent and its great creative abilities, by its exemplary determination to surmount the difficulties it faces, by its lofty moral and political consciousness and by its great contribution to the cause of peace, national liberation, democracy and socialism. 136. The slanders of imperialist propaganda apart, it is well known that the People's Republic of China pursues a foreign policy of peace, co-operation and friendship with other countries; it is constantly expanding its international relations; it has become a great factor for peace, stability and progress in the Far East and in the world at large.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  15. “China is a great Power, containing one quarter of the world's population. It is a founder Member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council, Without the participation of this country, which plays a vital role in the international arena, the United Nations is neither universal nor in a position to solve the fundamental problems which confront it. 135. The great Chinese people, under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party and its democratic Government, is making titanic efforts to bring about the peaceful construction of its country.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  16. “It is time the United States renounced its dangerous policy towards China. An attack upon that country would be catastrophic for the aggressors themselves. The People's Republic of China has all the necessary means to annihilate them and at its side stand all the other countries of the socialist camp and all the progressive peoples and forces, 133. The people and Government of the People's Republic of Albania reaffirm their full and complete solidarity with the People's Republic of China in all circumstances; they uphold its undeniable right to liberate Taiwan and the other Chinese islands occupied and held by force by the United States and to take over without delay its lawful place in the United Nations, now illegally occupied by an individual who represents nothing, 134.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  17. “Was it not the representative of that Government who solemnly declared in the United Nations, on the eve of the April 1961 aggression against Cuba, that his country would never attack Cuba while shortly afterwards the aggression was committed and President Kennedy himself personally and publicly assumed responsibility for it? The United States had also solemnly promised that United States U-2 spy planes would no longer fly over the territory of the Soviet Union; on 30 August 1962, however, an aircraft of this type violated the air space of the Soviet Union over the island of Sakhalin. Similarly, on 9 September 1962, another U-2 plane, in the possession of the Taiwan clique, was brought down inside the air space of the People's Republic of China. The United States cannot evade responsibility in the case of such serious intrusions.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  18. “Latterly its activities have been intensified and have become more serious. The Government of the People's Republic of China recently disclosed to the public the Chiang Kai-shek plan for invading the coast of the Chinese mainland, naturally on the instigation and with the support of the clique's masters. Everyone knows that this clique could undertake nothing at all, much less an adventure of that kind, without their permission and support. 132. The claim that the United States Government knew nothing of this plan of the Taiwan puppet convinces no one. Experience does not allow us to believe denials or promises of this kind.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  19. “The people and Government of the People's Republic of Albania are in complete solidarity with the Republic of Cuba; they condemn most strongly and resolutely the aggressive anti-Cuban policy of the United States and consider that it Is the duty of the United Nations to stop, while there is yet time, the aggression which is being prepared against a Member of our Organization. 131. In the Far East, the United States of America is conducting a policy openly hostile to the People's Republic of China, It has occupied and holds by force of arms Taiwan and other Chinese island; it has established a veritable ring of military bases for aggression around China and is constantly carrying out hostile acts against that country, also making use for this purpose of the Chiang Kai-shek clique.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  20. “Times have changed and Cuba is invincible, for any people fighting for its freedom anti independence is invincible. The just cause of Cuba has resolute defenders, first and foremost the heroic Cuban people itself which, under the direction of Fidel Castro, has entered modern history through the main gate, holding high the flag of the revolution. Supporting the just cause of Cuba are the peoples of Latin America, the countries of the socialist camp and all peace-loving men. 130.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  21. “At the present time, however it is not possible to blockade an independent country which is building socialism. Such acts, vainly embellished with words in support of peace, democracy and self-determination, do more to reveal United States imperialism to world public opinion as the enemy of the freedom of peoples and of progress, 129. The United States does not like the social system chosen by Cuba. It should lie reminded, however, that the question of Cuba's social system is the concern of the Cuban people alone. Its policy towards Cuba is incompatible with the obligations of a State Member of the United Nations and constitutes actual aggression. The knights of the anti-communist crusade should realize that we are no longer living in the Middle Ages or in the era of piracy and "cordons sanitaires".”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  22. “127. The United States Government is making a great commotion about the normal and disinterested assistance that the socialist countries are giving to Cuba for its economic development and for the consolidation of its national defence. It is deliberately distorting the nature of this assistance and representing it as an act of aggression, while at the same time it has the effrontery to regard as just and even humanitarian the "aid" which it is itself furnishing to the butchers of the peoples of South Viet-Nam and South Korea and to the Chiang Kai-shek clique in Taiwan, and which has helped to transform those countries into colonies and imperialist bases for aggression. 128. The United States would like to establish an economic, political and military blockade of Cuba so as to strangle that country.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  23. “Its declared object is to overthrow the people’s regime in Cuba at all costs and to restore its colonial domination in that country. All its plots and aggressive acts have failed and will continue to fail. At the present time, Washington is in the grip of real hysteria against Cuba. The gross slander that Cuba is threatening the United States and the entire Western hemisphere is toeing disseminated. Open preparations are being made for aggression against the Republic of Cuba. An order has been made recalling 150,000 reservists. In the past few days the legislature has adopted a resolution envisaging war against Cuba by all means, including force of arms, on the pretext of protecting the Western hemisphere against infiltration by Marxism-Leninism. Already attempts are being made to invent a casus belli, a pretext for unleashing aggression.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  24. “At the present time, the attention of the peace-loving peoples and Governments is focused on the new aggressive acts by the United States against Cuba. By its valiant revolutionary struggle against fascist dictatorship and North American domination, the Cuban people has won the ardent sympathy and admiration of all peoples. Cuba is no longer a property and a colony belonging to foreign monopolies. Cuba belongs to the Cubans. It is a free, democratic and sovereign State which is building a happy life for the whole working people, which threatens no one but at the same time permits no one to interfere in its internal affairs, Since the victory of the people's revolution in Cuba, the United States has carried on aggressive activities on an increasing scale against that country.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  25. “The existence and the tremendous achievements of the socialist countries and the increasing influence and magnetism of the world socialist system are a source of anxiety to the imperialists and incite them to ill-considered and dangerous acts. They have ringed the countries of the socialist camp with aggressive military blocs and bases. They are interfering in the domestic affairs of those countries; they are hampering the national liberation struggle of the peoples oppressed by colonialism; they are creating centres of tension in various parts of the world; they are actively preparing for a thermo-nuclear war against the socialist countries and aggression against the peace and liberty of peoples. 126.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  26. “These principles should be scrupulously observed by all States. If they were, international relations would present a different picture. The People's Republic of Albania, like the other countries in the socialist camp, considers that at a time when the socialist system and the capitalist system exist simultaneously the only just course that accords with the trend of history and the interests of mankind is that of peaceful coexistence among States having different social systems. 125. In the West, however, the opposite view is held. It is believed that the march of history can be halted and even reversed and that communism can be fought with force.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  27. “The unvarying policy of peace of the socialist countries and their persistent efforts to avert the danger of a new world war, to guarantee a lasting peace and to resolve international disputes by peaceful means have met with the stubborn opposition of the NATO Powers. Despite the brief and partial clearings of the horizon which occur from time to time and which are the result of the struggle and the persevering efforts of the peace-loving peoples and Governments, the international situation remains threatening and tension is increasing. No major problem is in process of solution and the world faces a serious threat of thermo-nuclear war. 124. The United Nations Charter extols the sovereign equality of all Member States, friendly relations among them and respect for the right of self-determination of peoples.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  28. “On taking the floor for the first time at this session, I should like first to extend my delegation's congratulations to the President of the General Assembly on his election. 123. Seventeen years have now passed since the United Nations was established to save peoples from the scourge of war, to maintain international peace and security and to consolidate co-operation among nations. Since that time great and profound changes have taken place in international life. Spectacular advances have been made in science and technology. The genius of man has made enormous strides forward in the discovery of outer space. It is undeniable, however, that the fundamental purpose of the United Nations, is far from having been achieved and that peace is more precarious than ever.”

    1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)

  29. “If we wish to maintain peace and save mankind from the scourge of nuclear war, all Governments conscious of their responsibilities must contribute to that end by making real efforts in favour of peace. 47. The present situation is serious, but not desperate. We sincerely believe that the United Nations, at this sixteenth session of its General Assembly, will take effective measures to safeguard international peace and security, and thus answer with deeds the hopes that the peoples have placed in it.”

    1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

  30. “At the same time, we cannot fail to note the intensive aggressive activities carried out in the Balkan and Mediterranean areas, particularly in recent times, by the United States of America and some of its NATO partners: for instance, the large-scale military manoeuvres recently held in the Mediterranean and in northern Greece, in conditions simulating "atomic warfare", which were obviously aimed at the socialist countries in the Balkans and at the entire socialist camp. 46. In our times, peace is the prime requirement of all peoples. Throughout the world, the peoples are denouncing the policy of provocations and imperialist wars; they are rising in defence of peace and clamour for peaceful international co-operation.”

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  31. “That proposal still stands and we believe that its adoption by all countries concerned would, in the present circumstances, play a positive part in relaxing international tensions. 45. Furthermore, we support other proposals for the creation of similar nuclear-free zones in Central Europe, in the Pacific and in Africa, as representing important contributions to the cause of peace.”

    1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

  32. “It observes the principles laid down in the United Nations Charter, and on that basis constantly seeks to maintain normal relations and fruitful co-operation with other nations, particularly with its neighbours. We maintain friendly relations with many countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Our foreign trade and cultural exchanges with other countries are increasing from year to year. 44. The Albanian Government attaches special importance to the implementation of the proposal which it made in 1959, in agreement with the Soviet Government, y that the Balkans and the Adriatic should be transformed into a peace zone free of nuclear weapons and rockets.”

    1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

  33. “No one has a greater stake in the maintenance of world peace than the Albania people, for it has experienced all the misfortunes that war entails. That is why it wholeheartedly supports the policy of its Government and watches closely over the defence of its country, of socialism and of peace. 43. Acting in friendship and in constant harmony with the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China and the other countries of the socialist camp—that bulwark of peace—the Government of the People's Republic of Albania, in line with its policy of peace, firmly applies the principle of peaceful coexistence with countries living under different social systems.”

    1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

  34. “The short-sighted policy of the United States of America, which aims at reversing the course of history, is doomed to failure. We are convinced that the only reasonable policy, and one that corresponds to the true interests of the peoples and of peace, is to establish peaceful coexistence between socialist and capitalist countries: at this stage in history, this is the only possible and equitable form of relations between countries with different social systems. 42. The People's Republic of Albania is devoting all its efforts and energy to the peaceful building lip of the country and to the maintenance of peace. It steadfastly pursues a peaceful foreign policy, which stems from the very nature of its social system and meets the vital interests of its people.”

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  35. “I believe that this is the highest" index in Europe and it is proof of the higher level of living enjoyed by our people. The popular government and socialism have brought the Albanian people freedom:, dignity and prosperity. They hold the promise of an even happier future. 40. We have never interfered and we shall never interfere in the affairs of others; nor shall we allow anyone to interfere in our affairs. Those who wish to teach self-determination, liberty and democracy to other countries, would do better to promote them in their own country. 41. Nowadays socialism is a world-wide system which forges ahead and acquires ever increasing importance and influence. It is an inspiration for all peoples seeking freedom and social progress.”

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  36. “Collectivised agriculture, which is being mechanized, has doubled its production and is in full development. Our national income has greatly increased. The living conditions of our people are infinitely superior to those obtaining before our liberation. Unemployment is non-existent. Since 1955 illiteracy has been unknown. Compared with 1938, we now have five times as many physicians and agricultural experts and twenty-five times as many engineers; by 1965 these figures will have doubled and some even tripled. Malaria and other endemic diseases have been completely eradicated. A comprehensive social security system provides our workers and their dependents with all the services they require free of charge. The net increase in population has grown from 16 per 1,000 in 1938 to 32 per 1,000 in I960: in other words, it has doubled.”

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  37. “Now, thanks to the tireless exertions of its people and the brotherly assistance of the Soviet Union and other socialist nations, it is making rapid progress towards prosperity and building socialism. Already it has an agricultural-industrial economy. Our third five-year plan, covering the years 1960 to 1965, opens the stage of Albania's transformation into a country with an advanced agricultural and industrial economy, the stage at which building of a socialist society is to be completed. Our industrial output today is twenty- five times greater than it was in 1948; the mines have become the property of the people and we are discovering new deposits of oil, copper, iron-nickel, etc. Under the present five-year plan we shall lay the groundwork for the metallurgical and chemical industries in our country.”

    1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

  38. “The socialist camp is a community of free, equal and sovereign peoples which have rejected all oppression and exploitation for all time, which are guided by the most progressive and humanitarian concepts known to history and which, united by identical ideals, objectives and interests, are building a new prosperous and happy society—socialism and communism. 39. The Albanian people chose the road to socialism seventeen years ago, after its victorious war for national liberation against the Italian fascist and German Nazi invaders and after a popular revolution. For the first time it became truly free and master of its own destiny. Before its liberation the People's Republic of Albania had been a backward agricultural country under the heel of imperialist concessionaires, medieval oppression, hunger, illiteracy, and malaria.”

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  39. “It is to be regretted that the President of the United States of America saw fit to use the rostrum of the United Nations General Assembly to utter statements which were both unfounded and insulting to the countries of the socialist camp of which my country, the People's Republic of Albania, is a member. 38. It is easy to understand why the ruling circles in the United States of America and other imperialist countries have never been able to stomach the triumph of the socialist revolution in a number of countries of Europe and Asia; history, however, follows its own laws and not those of the United States Congress.”

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  40. “In our opinion the General Assembly must speedily take steps to render direct assistance to the peoples still suffering under the colonial yoke in abolishing now and for ever this shameful system and acceding at an early date to freedom and national independence. Our delegation will give its wholehearted support to any constructive effort in this direction. 37. At a time when the world situation is strained and the peoples expect international disputes to be settled through the peaceful process of negotiation, it behoves responsible statesmen to display a sense of reality and respect for other countries, be they Members of the United Nations or not.”

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  41. “The colonial peoples and all other freedom-loving nations will obviously draw the necessary conclusions from such an attitude, for they knew full well that the colonial Powers are members of NATO, and that the weapons used to kill Arab patriots in Algeria, at Bizerte, and in Oman, and Negro patriots in Angola, in the Congo and elsewhere, are NATO weapons, hence United States weapons. 36. We note with regret that no specific measures have been taken to implement the Declaration on the independence of colonial countries and peoples [resolution 1514 (XV)], adopted by the General Assembly at its last session. We welcome the initiative taken by the USSR delegation in proposing that the present session should consider the situation with respect to the implementation of that Declaration [A/4859].”

    1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)

  42. “In his statement to the General Assembly[1013th meeting] the President of the United States of America ignored the historical process of national liberation of colonial peoples which has been going on for many years of grim and bloody fighting, and preached "peaceful... movement" towards a "partnership of equals" between the oppressors and the oppressed; in fact he condemned the armed struggle of the peoples of Algeria and Angola which he did not even mention.”

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  43. “At the same time our thoughts and our hearts go out to our Algerian brothers who for the last seven years have been waging a heroic struggle against colonial domination; to the gallant people of Angola who are sparing no sacrifices in their armed fight for their freedom; to the peoples of Oman and West Irian and to all other peoples still languishing under the colonial yoke. Recent events at Bizerta, in the Congo, in Laos and in South Viet-Nam go to show that colonialism, in its former shape or in the guise of United States neo-colonialism, still oppresses peoples and constitutes a threat to peace. 35.”

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  44. “In our era the abolition of the colonial system has become imperative; it forms an integral part of the struggle for peace and social progress. Through their heroic battle for national liberation which without any doubt will end in total victory, the peoples of colonial countries are acquiring the fundamental right to freedom and national sovereignty; they promote the cause of peace by weakening the bases and positions of imperialism. The People's Republic of Albania has hailed with the warmest sympathy the accession to independence of dozens of countries in Africa and Asia in recent years.”

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  45. “Already at the fifteenth session, the .Albanian Government expressed/ its support for the USSR proposal to replace the post of Secretary-General by a collective organ; our position is unchanged and we feel that such a change must be made. . 33„ The delegation of the People's Republic of Albania is of the opinion that the inclusion in the agenda, under pressure from the United States of America, of imaginary items, such as the so-called Hungarian and Tibetan questions, merely intensifies the cold war and does injury to the United Nations. Our delegation expresses the hope that the General Assembly will denounce these harmful and provocative attempts. 34. The Albanian people and Government have always sided with peoples who fight for freedom and national independence, against colonial domination.”

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  46. “The events of the last few years—and especially the serious events in the Congo where the name, the resources and the troops of the United Nations have been used against the lawful Government of that country, against the freedom and the national integrity and unity of the young republic, and where blood continues to flow—have shown that the composition and organization of the executive machinery of the United Nations, particularly the concentration of all responsibilities concerning -the implementation of United Nations decisions and policies in the hands of one individual, the Secretary-General, are neither equitable nor appropriate.”

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  47. “The Albanian Government fully Supports the application for membership in the United Nations of the People's Republic of Mongolia and believes that the systematic blocking of its admission is contrary to the principles proclaimed in the Charter and to the interests of the United Nations. 32.”

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  48. “There is but one China, one and indivisible, in this world—the People's Republic of China—and its Government alone is entitled to speak for the great Chinese people, to represent it in international organizations and to assume responsibilities on its behalf. 30. We strongly support the proposal of the USSR delegation calling for the restoration of the legitimate rights of the People's Republic of China in the United Nations. We feel that the General Assembly should consider and rapidly settle this matter, so as to oust without further delay Chiang Kai-shek's henchman from this Organization and to invite the representatives of the People's Republic of China to occupy their rightful seat and to make their very valuable contribution to the United Nations. 31.”

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  49. “Zealand is to promote the new tactics of the United States Government, which is pursuing the same objective, namely, to continue depriving the People's Republic of China of its rightful place in the United Nations. For many years now the United States Government has been endeavouring to spread the fallacious theory of "two Chinas" and, as pointed out in the United States Press, it may use New Zealand's proposal to raise the question of which China should be represented in the United Nations and to propose the creation of some committee or other to study this matter and report on it to the seventeenth session of the General Assembly, In this way, China's seat would remain occupied by Chiang Kai-shek's man. 29. The Government of the Peopled Republic of Albania feels that this shameful farce must cease forthwith.”

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  50. “It has always met with exemplary forbearance the incessant provocations and aggressive policy of the United States of America, whose armed forces have occupied the Chinese territory of Taiwan and other Chinese islands and which continues to prevent the People's Republic of China from taking its rightful place in the United Nations. 28. The question of China's representation in the United Nations is perfectly clear. China is a Charter Member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the Security Council. In fact this is not a question of China's representation, as suggested by New Zealand [A/4873], but rather one of restoring China's legitimate rights in the United Nations. It cannot be concealed that the aim of the item submitted by New.”

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