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Sékou Touré

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“One cannot help noticing that, by a symbolic coincidence, the outstanding juncture in international life which is marked today by the admission of Algeria to our, Organization and the proclamation - most welcome to us — of the independence of Uganda, another African country, comes at a moment when the two highest positions in the Organization are thus occupied by worthy representatives of the Afro-Asia world, the history of whose struggle for freedom and dignity has just been extended by one of the most glorious pages, written in masterly style by the Algerian people. 7. The admission of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria is an event of great importance for the international situation and particularly for the situation of the African peoples.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“On this occasion, we feel it especially appropriate to greet him as one of the architects of the Bandung Conference, and to pay public tribute to the attitude and action of a man who was for five years the distinguished and active Chairman of the Standing Committee on Algeria of the African-Asian Group in the United Nations. 6.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Your distinguished personal qualities, Sir, your great experience and your long record of endeavour on behalf of the liberation and rehabilitation of the peoples of Africa and Asia provide us with the assurance that you will guide the work of our current session in an enlightened manner. 4. The Republic of Guinea ardently hopes that, in the annals of the United Nations, the important session over which you have the heavy task of presiding will mark a decisive step towards the fulfilment of the great hopes of mankind as a whole. 5. We should also like, through you, to express again to another of our Asian brethren, Acting Secretary-General U Thant, the assurance of our esteem and solidarity.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This is one of the vital contributions which we are offering to the international community. Modest though it may be, it seems to us to be essential for the success of our common enterprise: the maintenance of international peace and security. 2. In the statement he made recently from this rostrum during the general debate [1131st meeting], the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guinea had an opportunity of expressing to you, Sir, the feelings of joy and pride of the people and Government of Guinea on the occasion of your election to the high office of President of the General Assembly seventeenth session. 3.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In this noble enterprise, the consequences of which will far transcend the frontiers of Africa, we are counting on the co-operation and support of all peoples and all States. In particular, the leaders of the States responsible in various ways for the present division of Africa have here a unique chance to help us rebuild our continent so that we can forget past bitterness, misery and humiliation. In this vital field, the interests of present-day Africa are identical with those of all other countries, and in particular those of Western Europe. We proclaim loudly to these latter that the moment has come to substitute the slogan "unite and co-operate" for the slogan "divide and rule". 87. For our part, our aims are clear, our intentions pure, and our willingness for honest co-operation unlimited.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Today it has become obvious that the political evolution and the economic, social and cultural development of the African States require rather their united action based on a joint programme freely chosen by all the States and conforming to their interests and to the rules of equality and fraternity within the framework of continental solidarity." 86; The warm welcome given by the continent of Africa to this important declaration and to all those made by other Heads of State inspired with the same realistic desire for effective action, is a sure guarantee that the States of Africa are on the eve of bringing about their unity. We hope that during this seventeenth session of the General Assembly all the representatives of African States will contribute to this end by their general attitude, their statements and their votes.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“By way of contribution to the search for a solution acceptable to all concerned, President Sékou Touré recently declared: "The unity to which we aspire does not and cannot mean uniformity of our institutions or of the structure of our States, and still less the creation of a single party or a single great African State. "One of the main handicaps which has so far hindered the complete achievement of African unity has been the idea. . .that this unity must be built around a single State or a single man.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The sacred duty of the first leaders of the liberated parts of Africa will be to restore what was destroyed at Berlin. Our hope, and that of all the peoples of Africa, is that around an African conference table our leaders will work out the details of the charter of African unity, and the conditions for honest co-operation between our States, and will set to work, in accordance with the wishes of the peoples of Africa, to create an atmosphere of peace, understanding and fraternal confidence between all the States of Africa.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“President Sékou Touré, who has at all times, but particularly during the past year, devoted all his energy and faith, and made use of all his connexions, in his search for the best ways and means of bringing about African unity, recently had the great satisfaction of being able to pay a solemn tribute to all the African Heads of State who came, in response to his fraternal initiative, to confirm their unreserved agreement to the convening in the near future of an African conference at the highest level. There is no doubt that this will be the most epoch-making event for the destiny of Africa since the Berlin Conference of 1885, which set the seal on the disastrous carving up. of our continent and legalized the pillage of our riches, the overthrow of our States and the unspeakable oppression of our peoples.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Now that suitable political and psychological conditions have come into being through multiple individual and collective contacts between all the active forces of Africa, its political, trade union, youth, and women's organizations, and between members of Governments and heads of States, we have the intensely heart-warming experience of observing that African unity, which will be the work of all Africans for the benefit of all, is henceforth possible and can be achieved immediately. This is the most tangible result of the community of interests and aspirations of the peoples of Africa in the united struggle to recover their liberty, ensure respect for their unique personality, and endow their action on the international plane with the necessary effectiveness and scope. 85.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“These objectives were and are national independence for all the peoples of Africa, African unity, and the rational economic development of Africa with a view to the full social development of its people. 83. It was only logical and natural that the Republic of Guinea, having consolidated its national Independence, and gained full mastery of its destiny on the political plane, should press on towards the realization of the second objective of its historic struggle, that of African unity. The liberation of a large part of our continent and the artificial dissensions raised here and there between African States and leaders make unity more necessary and more urgent every day. 84.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The sustained efforts of the Government of Guinea in the fields of economic development, accelerated training of skilled workers, and international co-operation, enable us to view the future with confidence. We see the future as above all intimately integrated with that of Africa as a whole. It could not be otherwise, in view of the complementary nature of the economies of the various, countries of Africa, the similarity of our aspirations, and the common nature of our historic destiny. 82. Since the beginning of the organized struggle for total liberation the peoples of Guinea, mobilized in a great movement of national salvation, have dearly discerned the chief milestones along the uphill road to African emancipation, and have, consequently defined the objectives of their battle for liberation.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In this respect, there are grounds for satisfaction with regard to the efforts now being made within the framework of the United Nations technical assistance programme to carry put a number of projects which will help to bring about a considerable improvement in the living conditions of Africans. At the same time our bilateral economic relations are being increasingly developed, thus accentuating friendly and loyal co-operation between nations in, accordance, with the principles of the United Nations. 81. Steps have been taken in the Republic of Guinea to encourage and safeguard foreign investment by the adoption of an Investment Code.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Here, as in other respects, we follow a policy of non-alignment. The economic characteristics of Guinea, which, on the one hand, has exceptionally favourable potentialities, but on the other hand, lacks financial and technical resources and suffers from all kinds of after-effects of its colonial past, impose special requirements on it. Consequently, the Republic of Guinea has undertaken to maintain economic relations with all the countries of the world within the framework of bilateral and multilateral co-operation and on the basis of reciprocity of interests and respect for national sovereignty.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In that connexion we would recall the efforts made by the Economic Commission for Africa, which recently adopted resolutions of great importance for the future development of the countries of Africa — particularly those resolutions setting up the African Development Bank and the African Institute for Economic Development and Planning. 79. We likewise congratulate the Secretary-General on his happy initiative in launching the United Nations Development Decade, and we sincerely hope that the clear-cut ideas inspired by his Report will be taken up and thoroughly analysed with a view to their correct application for the benefit of needy peoples. 80. All the preceding considerations lead us to reaffirm the unchanging attitude of tile Republic of Guinea to problems of economic development.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The efforts required to bring about real economic growth in the under-developed countries require very-great financial resources, much of which could be made available only by disarmament. 77. If such financial resources were made available by an improvement in exchange conditions, based on stabilization of commodity prices, the increasing disparity between the, levels of living in different parts of the world would be considerably reduced, and the possibilities of ensuring lasting peace and progress for mankind would be increased. Assuredly there can be no real economic progress by the developing countries unless the regional economic groups of the highly industrialized countries avoid prejudicing the interests of the developing countries by restrictive and discriminatory measures. 78.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“There is no point in dwelling on all the desirable effects which disarmament would have on the economic and social conditions of the whole of humanity, which is one of the reasons why the non-aligned countries are seriously concerned with the problem of disarmament and are doing all they can to find a final solution to it. It, is easy to observe that in spite of the increased efforts of certain rich nations to come to the aid of the developing countries, and in spite of the praiseworthy efforts of the United Nations y through its various programmes of technical and financial assistance, the problem of under-development is still unsolved. The reason for this is obvious.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Compliance with these principles by the United Nations in general and the highly developed countries in particular would establish a real balance in the world, a balance which cannot be brought about as long as the world is divided into rich peoples and poor peoples and into nations which are exploited and those which exploit. The principles contained in the Cairo Declaration of Developing Countries could be the inspiration for sustained action by the United Nations and the rich countries, thus making the Cairo Declaration a veritable economic charter for the Under-developed countries. 76. It has become a tradition to link the rapid development of these countries with the disarmament problem.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Paradoxically, a considerable part of the income and the social improvements enjoyed by the highly developed countries are derived from the under-developed countries, which export primary commodities and raw materials. 75. It is in order to stress this aspect of our economic policy that we reaffirm the whole-hearted adherence of the Republic of Guinea to the programme worked out at the last Economic Conference at Cairo. At this Conference principles were laid down and a number of measures and methods were recommended for promoting the rapid and harmonious development of the under-developed countries.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The unity of Africa within the framework of an African common market, far from being an end in itself, will simply be an instrument of development, a vital element of inter-African co-operation, which is essential owing to the injustice of the relations between the under-developed African nations and the economically developed nations. It is the nature of these relations which we on both sides must change, with a view to the elimination of social inequality between peoples and differences in the levels of economic development of the nations of the world. The relations between the highly developed countries and the under-developed countries are relations of exploitation and economic domination. There is a tendency for exploitation by international monopolies to take the place of the direct colonial exploitation of the past.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“No plan which implicitly and a priori imposes a preconceived scheme and programme for the development of the associated countries can be viable, because it will provide no radical solution for problems relating to the nature of economic relations, and especially for the problems which confront integrated human communities. 73. The leaders of the European Economic Community do not seem to be aware of this concern, at any rate with regard to Africa, and make no secret of their desire to create a political community of the countries of Europe, with objectives, that are difficult to reconcile with the will for political independence and unity of Africa, which remains fiercely hostile to the Berlin Congress of 1885, which gave its blessing to the de facto and de jure partition of Africa. 74.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Accordingly, while it seems unrealistic and irrational to contemplate the piecemeal association of the African countries with the European Common Market, or in any other regional economic grouping, it is on the contrary essential for our States to organize themselves into an African common market, which would subsequently co-operate, on a basis of equality and solidarity, with the other economic regions of the world. 72. Although it is essential for countries to complement each other economically, this presupposes that the development of the associated countries should progress in, accordance with the needs and common interests of the peoples grouped together in the economic community.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“At the economic level, the colonial Powers integrated every one of their colonies in their own national economy, scorning the traditional bonds of custom, history, geography, economy and so forth. Each of these colonized countries, having lost all normal economic relations with its neighbours, became a mere tributary of the colonial Power, 70. We know that we shall have to reconstruct Africa. The political liberation of our continent appears to us as a means towards the end of creating and developing the new African economy. Our continent possesses fabulous reserves of raw materials and its immense power potential provides excellent conditions for its industrialization. 71.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Indeed, the neutral countries favourably influenced the development of these negotiations and will continue, we are sure, to create conditions propitious for a rapprochement of the different blocs, and ultimately for international equilibrium. 68. Another constant concern of our States is to consolidate our independence by seating up a prosperous and stable economy, which is an effective and sure way of solving our social problems. In the present international situation and in view of the currents which are emerging, we recognize the interdependence of peoples as a fundamental law. The non-aligned countries cannot live on the fringe of the modern world; apart from the results of their own efforts, they consider themselves entitled to benefit by the experience of other peoples. 69.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Indeed, the Conferences of the non-aligned countries held at Cairo and Belgrade have irrevocably demonstrated the moral and political force of non-alignment, which henceforth constitutes the only rational course open to under-developed countries and the only way of avoiding the increasing division of the world into antagonistic blocs. 67. It is, becoming ever clearer that in our day non-alignment is an important element in the balance between the various parties responsible for the chronic tension in international relations. The part played at the international level by the non-aligned countries as a group has just been tellingly confirmed during the Geneva disarmament negotiations.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“In the question of Cuba, another source of tension; it is essential for Member States, and especially the non-aligned countries , which have a special duty in this connexion, to urge a peaceful and negotiated settlement of the dispute, with full respect for the sovereign rights of the peoples concerned and in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter. 65. With regard to the search for satisfactory solutions in all those centres of international tension, who can fail to recognize with increasing clarity the decisive role played on the international scene during the past few years by the non-aligned countries, whose numbers are constantly increasing? 66.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Indeed, the question of the independence of colonial peoples, the question of seeking the most effective ways and means of promoting the harmonious development of Africa, which is passing through a critical phase of its history, and, finally, the question of assistance to all underdeveloped countries, particularly those of Asia, Africa and Latin America, have a direct bearing on the problem of disarmament. 63. We continue to believe that the problems of divided countries — and especially the problem of Berlin— which is a permanent source of tension and a constant threat to international peace and security will never, be finally solved until mutual trust, based on good faith, prevails in the relations between the great Powers. 64.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“As we said last year, it would be ingenuous to think that general and complete disarmament can be achieved while we are still confronted with the spirit of domination which usually takes the form of violation of elementary human rights and of the sacrosanct rules of relations among peoples. That is why we consider it essential not to lose sight of the fact that the problems which the African continent has to face today are directly connected with the question of disarmament. 62.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“When our Organization considers such important and vital questions, as those of disarmament, the production of nuclear weapons and the discontinuance of nuclear tests, it is inevitably obliged to recognize that an agreement on these subjects must be reached among all the great Powers, including the People's Republic of China. Without going so far as to say that the failure of successive disarmament conferences has been due to the absence of the People's Republic of China, it can at any rate be stated that the shadow and weight of that absence have always made themselves felt. 61.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“After all, there can be no doubt in anybody's mind that the use of these weapons of mass destruction, by one Power or another, can only lead to wholesale slaughter and to the inevitable end of all human life on our planet. If the problem is, put in this way, there is obviously only one choice, and that is the sincere renunciation of war as a means of settling disputes or, in other words, general and complete disarmament, 60. We are profoundly convinced, however, that any purportedly serious discussion of general and complete disarmament would be illusory without the participation of the People's Republic of China. Indeed, we must point out that — as is generally realized — it is Impossible to settle any international problems relating to the peace and security of peoples without the participation of that great country.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Indeed, it would be no exaggeration to say that if the material means and the extraordinarily advanced scientific knowledge which twentieth-century man has at his disposal today were used exclusively for the benefit of mankind, it would be possible to rebuild a new world, a world of happiness and prosperity, for ever freed from the nightmare of the hunger, poverty and ignorance of which three-quarters of mankind are still victims. 59. And yet, instead of embarking upon this exhilarating task, which no people in the world could-fail to welcome, we are obliged to stand by powerless, watching the great of our times frantically manufacturing, improving and stockpiling the most horrifying means of destruction, of which the least that can be said is that they are contrary to the interests of mankind.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This means that until the great Powers succeed in reaching a level of mutual trust based on good faith and on a sincere desire to achieve a just solution, all attempts will be doomed to certain failure, 58; The dangers which the armaments race holds for all mankind and the immense advantages which all countries would derive from a stable and lasting peace are so obvious that it is unnecessary to dwell on them further. We the developing countries, whose main concern is to promote the-rapid; advancement of our peoples, should simply like to express our surprise at the negative attitude adopted by the highly developed countries.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The armaments race is but the manifestation of a situation resulting from the deterioration of relations between the great Powers, solidly entrenched in their ideological conflict. 57. Between the end of the Second World War and the recent Geneva conferences on disarmament and on the discontinuance of nuclear tests, meetings at various levels have followed one after another, in the form of commissions and round-table conferences producing plans, programmes and counter-programmes, all designed to provide a solution for this serious problem. Despite all the efforts made, these meetings have ended, if not in failure, at least in the breaking off of negotiations, leaving the problem not even partially solved.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This financial crisis is political and moral and calls for political and moral solutions: political out of respect for the independence and territorial Integrity of the Congo, and moral through the principal and obligatory contribution of the Powers responsible for the crisis. 56. One of the great problems which have confronted mankind since the end of the Second World War and which still confronts it is that of disarmament. The views of the Republic of Guinea on this problem have been explained before this Assembly on a number of occasions. We should like, however, to restate something that we have never ceased to affirm, namely, that the problem of disarmament as such is only one aspect and one condition of universal peace.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Thus in response to an appeal from the United Nations, the Guinean Government placed all its available resources of men and equipment at the disposal of the Organization from the very outset of the Congo operation, in July 1960, in order to come to the assistance of the Central Government of the Congo, in accordance with the clear and precise terms of reference laid down by the Security Council and the General Assembly. The situation in the Congo being what it is, we hereby declare that no technical or legal solution, however ingenious it may be, can put an end to the Congolese crisis, that is to say the financial crisis of the United Nations.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Then and only then will the people, the nation, and the State of the Congo regain their greatness, their freedom, their dignity, and their prosperity in complete solidarity with the States of Africa in the fight to free our continent. Such, it seems to us, are the conditions for the success of any United Nations plan for the just and equitable settlement of the problem of the Congo. 55. Quite apart from the financial crisis through which the United Nations is passing, the success or failure of such a plan will determine the Survival or extinction of our Organization; The Republic of Guinea Has always Weld an unequivocal position on this vital question.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“This is why, in spite of the actions of certain countries whose direct or indirect interference is known to all, and in spite of the obstinacy of the murderers of the great African patriot Patrice Lumumba and the late Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations should spare no effort to restore to the Congo its place in the community of nations as a great African country, in all its territorial integrity and real independence. Let there be no more support for the Katangan secessionists, let there be no more crocodile tears shed over the woes of the Congo, let there be no more references to the economic difficulties of the Congo, let there be no more spreading of misleading judgements of the nationalists of the Congo, and let there, finally, be no more open and aggressive interference in the internal affairs of the Congo.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The date of 24 October 1963 would thus mean for the United Nations the de facto and de jure recognition of all the governments set up by the populations of colonial countries through the intermediary of their best-authorized spokesmen, and the obligations resulting from this recognition should be observed in every field by all Member States. 54, All that is left before closing this important chapter is to make a brief mention of the tragic situation in the Congo, which continues to be a test of the effectiveness, impartiality; and even the very raison d’être of the United Nations.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Thus, in spite of its conviction that all peoples at all times, are capable of managing their own affairs gad that, that being so, all enslaved peoples, should be liberated immediately, the Republic of Guinea consider that the United Nations should during the present session proclaim the final abolition of colonialism throughout the world in 1963. We solemnly propose 24 October 1963, United Nations Day, as the day to be devoted to the celebration, at the same time as the anniversary of the coming into force of the United Nations Charter, of the final end of colonialism. Such a proclamation would, of course, have tremendous consequences, which should be accepted by every Member State resolutely engaged in the fight against colonialism and against every system of direct and indirect domination.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The sombre picture of colonialism throughout the world appears clearly in the report (A/5238) submitted by the Committee of Seventeen. All these facts prove the urgent necessity for the United Nations to take positive steps for the rapid liberation of the colonial territories before, it is too late. If, in spite of the clear and precise wording of the Declaration, no effective action is taken by the ultra-colonialist Powers, it is the duty of the United Nations to give the Declaration a more specific meaning, the Declaration called for the immediate liberation of all colonial countries and peoples, but since the expression "immediate liberation" has been deprived of all significance and its interpretation has been left to the whim of each country, a precise time limit should be fixed for this liberation. 53.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The appeal made recently at the second resumption of the sixteenth session of the General Assembly [see resolution 1747 (XVI)], on behalf of the African population of Southern Rhodesia, has not met with any favourable response. On the contrary, Messrs. Welensky and Whitehead have intensified their repressive measures, which culminated a few days ago in the banning of Mr. Joshua Nkomo's African Nationalist Party. If the United Kingdom, which so proudly vaunts its record of decolonization, wishes to deserve the respect and friendship of the peoples of Africa, it should hasten to find an appropriate formula for giving unfettered independence to Kenya, the Rhodesias and Nyasaland, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland and all its other colonial possessions. 52.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The South African Government, while brutally repressing every aspiration for freedom on the part of the African population of South Africa and arbitrarily imprisoning African nationalist leaders such as Mr. Nelson Mandela, is at the same time doing all it can to integrate the international territory of South West Africa into the South African Republic. 51. This is a fitting moment at which to draw attention also to the equivocal attitude which characterizes the colonial policy of the United Kingdom — a policy which is unmasked every day by the unspeakable acts of the Governments of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“What can one say of the South African Government, which for sixteen years has consistently treated the resolutions of the General Assembly, with complete contempt? In connexion both with the question of South West Africa and with that of apartheid, the South African Government is in a permanent state of rebellion against the United Nations. In spite of the numerous attempts which have been made to settle the status of the mandated territory of South West Africa in spite, of the unceasing efforts of all States Members, and in spite of universal reprobation, South Africa continues its policy of repression and enslavement, which is contrary to the most elementary principles of the United Nations Charter.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“For its part, the Republic of Guinea, which, is linked by blood, by race and by culture with the countries enslaved by Portugal, considers it its duty to act as the spokesman of the peoples of these countries at the United Nations. 49. As Mr. Sékou Touré, the President of our Republic, declared very recently, it is the task of the Republic of Guinea to put into words the will for independence of all peoples who are victims of foreign domination. It is this attitude which inspires the policy of Guinea with regard to all the Portuguese colonies, and particularly to so-called Portuguese Guinea. Hence it is our duty to demonstrate before this Assembly our indignation at Portuguese colonialism and demand with all our power the immediate and unconditional liberation of the territories still administered by Portugal. 50.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The blind repression of the peoples of Angola, Mozambique, Portuguese Guinea, and other territories by the Portuguese Government can no longer be tolerated by the conscience of the world. 48. The African States, which do not wish to jeopardize the establishment of the peace to the cause of which they are completely devoted, are under pressure from their peoples to cease to tolerate the continued treatment of their brothers in the Portuguese colonies like wild beasts. The ever-increasing number of refugees from these countries who are fleeing from Portuguese atrocities has increased the sense of frustration and justified revulsion of all the peoples of Africa.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Thus Spain, South Africa and Portugal, far from listening to the voice of reason and adapting their attitude to the realities of the present day, are continuing daily and ever more acutely to, jeopardize international peace and security in their obstinate determination to maintain millions of Africans under their intolerable yoke. Portugal, in particular, calls for special mention in this respect. It is well known that Portuguese colonialism is the most exaggerated form of denial of the human, political and social rights of a people. Its system of oppression and domination is at once a disgrace and an insult to the United Nations, which guarantees every people the right to self-determination.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“Although the General Assembly declared that it “solemnly proclaims the necessity of bringing to a speedy and unconditional end to colonialism in all its forms and manifestations” and that “immediate steps shall be taken in Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, without any conditions or reservations" we cannot but admit that the ultra-colonialist Powers have utterly disregarded the clearly expressed will of the General Assembly. 47.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“It was in the light of this historic evolution of the peoples that, two years ago, the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples [resolution 1514 (XVI)], In spite of the great hopes which this Declaration aroused throughout the world, we must today express our profound disappointment at the way in which the majority of colonial Powers have carried out the task which was set them. Only two clauses of the Declaration need be recalled to illustrate how its application has failed to fulfil the hopes which the Declaration aroused among the enslaved peoples.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The fact must now be reoognizdd that the peoples of Africa and the other enslaved peoples are resolved to put an end to foreign domination as soon as possible and by all the means at their disposal. As President Sékou Touré said recently, this resolve to achieve entire freedom is the expression of an awakening of conscience and a feeling of responsibility with regard not only to the history of the colonized peoples but to the history of the whole of humanity, the harmonious development of which depends upon a true recognition and complete respect of the right of each country to independence. 46.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)
“The pursuit of peace, the prime objective of our Organization, will at this seventeenth session bring us once more up against the crucial problems of decolonization, general and, complete disarmament, and technical and economic co-operation to raise the level of living in the developing countries. 44. We should like to outline briefly our delegation's position on these important issue before turning to the question of African unity, now the fundamental concern of the people and government of the Republic of Guinea, united in an upsurge of patriotic enthusiasm. 45. There can be no doubt that this year again, as in previous years, the colonial problem will be the main subject dealt with by the General Assembly.”
1962-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 17 (1962)