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1961-09-24
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1962-09-24
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  1. “In this connexion we must draw attention to the programme of the Alliance for Progress in the American continent, which we welcome hopefully as a manifestation of this new spirit. ' 91. Going more deeply into the analysis of the problem, we are faced with one of the basic questions of our time: what is really the ultimate objective of this assistance? What we might call the old imperialist school—of white imperialism and red imperialism- sought to use assistance as a bait to attract the uncommitted countries and later to absorb them economically and politically, transforming them into satellites.”

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

  2. “For the first time in history it is realized that the function of the strong is not to exploit the weak but to help them to become stronger and to make progress, since that is in the general interest. There is no doubt that substantial vestiges of the past remain and that to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south there are strong imperialist interests of every political hue clinging to outdated conceptions which are largely responsible for the present tension. Nevertheless, it is also true that the more highly industrialized Powers are beginning to be aware of their obligations towards the world as a whole. Proof of that is the technical assistance given through the United Nations and the direct aid—not always disinterested—being granted by the great Powers, however different their ideologies. 90.”

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

  3. “The value of my proposal would have been demonstrated in cases of which we are all aware, inasmuch as the United Nations would have had at its disposal information which would facilitate the peaceful transformation of the existing colonies into independent sovereign States without their passing through the furnace of war or revolution. 88. In fact, we have been unable to develop effective methods to ensure that the necessary change should be a peaceful process. That fact is proved by the events in the Congo, Algeria, Angola and other places. 89. With regard to the economic development of the technologically backward countries, I should like to stress the radical reorientation of the policy of the great Powers which has occurred in our century.”

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

  4. “It is natural and a sign of the times in which we live that mistrust should have prevailed; in the certainty that time would lighten the atmosphere and allay suspicion, I did not ask that my draft re solution should be put to the vote at the fifteenth session of the General Assembly but decided to wait until the need was felt for a practical and effective means of putting in practice the resolution of the African-Asian group. When circumstances are more propitious I intend to ask for a vote on the draft resolution submitted by the delegation of Honduras as a reaffirmation of my Government's anti-colonialist principles. 87.”

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

  5. “My proposal provided for the establishment of a five-member committee to visit the colonial possessions which do not as yet enjoy independence and make recommendations to the present session of the General Assembly concerning the most appropriate, rapid and effective way of bringing about the complete abolition of the colonial system all over the world. Some countries considered that my proposal might delay the emancipation of the remaining colonies, whereas in reality it was designed to secure the implementation of the resolution submitted by the African-Asian group, which was adopted. 86.”

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

  6. “Our era faces great and serious problems whose solutions are far from easy, outstanding among them the necessary disappearance of colonialism in all forms and on all continents; the economic development of technologically backward countries and, first and foremost, the achievement of world peace, which is a necessary prerequisite to the solution of most of the problems of the day. 85. With regard to the question of colonialism, I should like to point out that last year my delegation submitted a draft resolution which was misinterpreted both by the main ideological groups into which the Assembly is divided and by the countries which have recently achieved independence.”

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

  7. “The admission of Sierra Leone, which we welcome to the United Nations, is a further manifestation of the same fact and brings the number of Member States to one hundred. 83. The sixteenth session of the General Assembly is opening under sombre auspices. Anxiety has increased and hope has diminished since the last session. The world has undergone its most serious crisis and as time goes by the, tragic alternative appears ever more grievous: either the outbreak of a thermonuclear war which will destroy immense historic treasures, countless riches and millions of human lives and imperil the future of the whole human race, or what we might call the outbreak of peace with its innumerable benefits for all. 84.”

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

  8. “In the name of the Government and people of Honduras I offer to the States Members of the United Nations—and especially to the small Powers, for which this irreparable loss is particularly serious—to Sweden and to the family of the deceased heartfelt condolences on the death of Dag Hammarskjold. 81. My delegation associates itself with the wish expressed by other Powers that an official investigation should be carried out into the strange circumstances which preceded the accident in which the United Nations Secretary-General lost his life. 82. Mr. President, allow me to congratulate you on your unanimous election by the General Assembly to this high position, which reaffirms Africa's new historic role and its place in world history.”

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

  9. “On the arduous and heroic path of international conciliation, marked with the blood of Folke Bernadotte, many martyrs have laid down their lives, among whom the Secretary-General of the United Nations stands out today as the supreme martyr, the propitiatory victim and tragic example. His name should appear prominently, together with the names of those who died with him, beside the meditation room, as it already stands in the heart of all those who really desire peace and conciliation between human beings. 80. The Government of my country has declared three days of national mourning as a posthumous homage to the martyr of peace.”

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

  10. “78. Dag Hammarskjold is still among us and will live eternally in the memory of humanity as long as humanity continues to exist and possess moral sensibility. Hammarskjold was fully conscious of the tragedy of our times, of the violence of the conflicts raging around us, of the dark threats overshadowing this planet and also of the dazzling possibilities which might be open to us at the end of the road if we are able to find "the bridge toward a synthesis", as he said on United Nations Day in October last year. 79. At the entrance of the meditation room, in the vestibule of the Assembly Building, appear the illustrious names of those who have died for peace.”

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