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“In the majority of the armed conflicts which have broken out in the world, at any rate since 1960 when Madagascar became a Member, the United Nations has nearly always succeeded in bringing the parties to agree to a cease-fire, at times an uneasy truce, admittedly, but one which at least has stopped the bloodshed. 24. Signs of an easing of tension between the major Power blocs appear from time to time, but unfortunately they are ephemeral, and very soon the resentment, suspicion and mistrust return. 25. Within these walls dedicated to the maintenance of peace, let us all work with faith and perseverance so that the sources of conflict will disappear one by one and the hideous threat of a conflagration which would mean the end of mankind will gradually recede.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“In a happier, freer world more aware of the importance of moral values, the evil forces of violence and war will rapidly lose ground. 22. The moral authority of the Organization grows with every year that passes. It is the duty of all of us to work courageously and sincerely at every task calculated to strengthen still further the United Nations — the strongest bulwark against war. 23. It is of course regrettable that the United Nations has been unable to solve certain critical problems. But let us not underrate the results of its efforts.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The successful crystallization of a general agreement on the peaceful uses of outer space is a source of hope and encouragement; and further headway is possible. 20. Social questions again are an important part of our agenda. Here the United Nations has proved its moral strength, and resolutions condemning the various forms of discrimination, and favouring equal rights, and the safeguarding of individual freedom and the freedom of women, and the resolutions of the Sixth Committee on the rights and duties of States, do great credit to the Organization. 21. While we are only too well aware of the inadequacy of the Organization in many fields, we have reason to be proud of what it has achieved in the social sphere; and we can look towards the future with confidence.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The instability of world markets for commodities is no doubt one of the most alarming aspects of this situation, but we must also not lose sight of the need to promote and increase the flow of capital and investments. My delegation is constantly repeating that an effective means by which the industrialized nations can help their less prosperous brothers is by encouraging investments in the latter’s countries so as to promote their industrialization. 18. Disarmament has always been another of the major concerns of this Assembly. We discuss it every year; progress is slow, but we must not lose heart. My own country is firmly convinced that gradual, simultaneous and controlled disarmament is the most realistic path to pursue. 19.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Our feeling is that the best way to achieve true peace is frankly and persistently to seek peaceful formulas which will safeguard the existence and integrity of all the States concerned. 15. My delegation continues to hope that common sense and moderation will prevail in both camps so that the present difficulties can be overcome, and feels that it is contributing to this by following the line of sympathetic understanding, friendship and objectivity vis-à-vis our brothers of the Arab States and Israel. 16. There are other no less important problems on our agenda. I spoke earlier of economic questions. There cannot be peace or lasting co-operation if the gap between the industrialized and the developing countries continues to widen as it has done over the past five years. 17.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Africa is in the forefront of the battle for the freedom of peoples. Our strength lies in unity, which was impressively affirmed at the recent Kinshasa Conference. Very important problems affecting African States were frankly examined at the Conference, and the measures adopted are a very important step towards lasting solutions. Africa has again called for conciliation and dialogue to settle its differences. Giving the lie to pessimistic prophecies, the Organization of African Unity has once again shown how deeply rooted in the Africans is the desire for unity and co-operation. 14. The Malagasy Republic is convinced that it is only through understanding among nations that enduring peace can be established. This conviction explains our attitude in the distressing conflict that has broken out in the Middle East.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“It is because of our respect for these same principles that Madagascar cannot support the resolution calling for the admission of the Peking regime [A/L.531], since those who advocate a modification of the present state of affairs make no secret of their desire to force thousands of free Chinese to accept a solution which there is nothing to suggest is to their liking. There is in fact another and still more important point - a country cannot be a Member of the United Nations if it does not clearly and unequivocally accept the obligations of the Charter; and the fundamental principles of the Charter are peace, renunciation of the resort to force, and non-interference in the domestic affairs of other States. Unless these criteria are respected, my delegation will refuse to support the admission of any State, however powerful. 13.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“My delegation remains faithful to the policy we adopted seven years ago and will at all times uphold the right of peoples to self-determination and independence. We are anxious that the peoples now so distressingly divided, those of Germany and Korea, for example, should be able freely to decide their own future. The same applies also, of course, to Viet-Nam, where we hope that peace will return through the speedy opening of negotiations, either directly between the parties concerned or by the convening of the Geneva Conference. 11. My delegation feels that the maintenance of UNCURK and of a United Nations Force in Korea is an essential condition for safeguarding peace. Wherever peace is threatened, a United Nations presence is, as we have noted elsewhere, a factor for moderation and dissuasion — in Cyprus for example. 12.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The distinguished experts of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will no doubt find realistic and speedy solutions. 9. The Malagasy Republic has participated actively in the efforts of the Organization to rid the world of colonialism completely. As a member of the Committee of Twenty-Four, Madagascar co-operated fully, not only in the meetings held in New York, but also in those held in Africa, We have scrupulously implemented the decisions concerning the African Territories under Portuguese administration, South West Africa and Rhodesia. We shall continue to fight with all our strength for the eradication of all forms of racial discrimination, especially the so- called system of apartheid. 10.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The constant deterioration in the terms of trade has been so well covered by the many previous speakers that I need not dwell on it. One remedy, in my delegation's view, would be an international agreement establishing minimum prices and minimum tonnages on the major world markets for the main primary commodities. A system of compensation would provide producing countries each year with a minimum revenue from their essential production. At the last Conference of the International Monetary Fund at Rio de Janeiro, fourteen African States and France, having met specially at Dakar before the Conference, submitted a resolution asking the international financial organizations to make a study of the problem of prices of the main products. The resolution was adopted unanimously.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“With but few exceptions — first and foremost among them France — the majority of the industrialized countries have not increased the volume of their international aid parallel with the growth of their national revenue, as they are pledged to do, at any rate by implication. 7. In its work, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has systematically analysed the various aspects of the world economic situation and the causes of stagnation and recession; but it has not yet found practical and effective solutions. The forthcoming conference at New Delhi must resolutely and realistically work out a scheme which will give an effective fillip to world economy and, above all, narrow the widening gap — not to say chasm — between the standard of living of the industrialized countries and that of the developing nations. 8.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The Chief of State of Madagascar, President Tsiranana, has constantly reiterated them. In 1965 we requested the inclusion in the General Assembly's agenda of a special item embodying these principles, some of which were included in important resolutions adopted at the twenty-first session. 5. Before touching on political problems, my delegation would like briefly to refer to the issues which disturb us in regard to world economic trends and to express our regret, as many other delegations have done, that the Development Decade has not fulfilled the hopes of the Third World. 6.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“The lucid and pregnant report of Secretary- General U Thant has been given careful attention here. On behalf of my country I would like to assure him of our admiration for his constant efforts to seek peace and to promote the welfare of the developing nations. There is still a great deal for him to do before the end of the difficult and arduous road to peace is reached. But he should know that he has the support of all of us, including the strong support of my country, which remains loyal to the principles of the Charter. 4. Non-interference in the affairs of other countries; respect for the sovereignty and integrity of all Member States; avoidance of threats or the use of force; conciliation, negotiation, and arbitration: these are the guidelines of the foreign policy of my country.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“1. On behalf of the Chief of State, the Government and the people of Madagascar, allow me first of all, Sir, to congratulate you on your election as President of the twenty-second session of the General Assembly. Like all the speakers who have preceded me, I see your election as an eloquent testimony not only to your outstanding abilities as a statesman, but also to your country, which we all of us admire. 2. Already in the last three weeks your impartiality, your wisdom, your indefatigable perseverance, and the orderly conduct of our debates, have made it clear that you are in the line of the great Presidents who have preceded you. Of these I shall mention only the distinguished President of the twenty-first session, Mr. Pazhwak, who so ably presided over the work of an exceptionally difficult session filled with dramatic incidents. 3.”
1967-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 22 (1967)
“Our Organization is moving closer and closer towards that universality which is its highest goal. The duty of us all is to work with courage, farsightedness and loyalty to make the Organization an effective instrument for the safeguarding of peace and the prevention of war and the evils attendant thereon, just as its founders conceived the noble and ambitious dream of this Organization twenty-one years ago in San Francisco. It depends on all of us to bring that dream to pass.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“To them I address the warm congratulations of my country and my delegation and our hopes for their full success. I am also very glad that the United Kingdom has brought two more African States to independence in good order and in peace. We hope it may. in the near future, crown its work by settling the grievous problem of Rhodesia. 25. France, faithful to its traditions, has announced that French Somaliland will be called upon to choose its own destiny by referendum. My country is very happy that this should be so and hopes that, whatever its choice, Djibouti will enjoy peace and will pursue, in friendship with all the African countries and also with France, its material and moral progress. 26. The process of liberation of peoples is under way.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The fight against under-development must be waged shoulder to shoulder, in brotherhood, and it is together that we must pursue our efforts to see that all the African countries can sit here in this hall and make their voices heard in the concert of nations. 22. If the political horizon is dark and disquieting, there have nevertheless been some causes for satisfaction since the last session of the General Assembly. Among these I shall mention the admission of Guyana, to which my delegation expresses its warmest greetings and wishes for success. 23. Indonesia has resumed its place among us. My people, among whom certain tribes have ethnic bonds with the Indonesian people, are sincerely glad of that. 24. Two new African States, Botswana and Lesotho, have come to swell our ranks this very morning.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“It considers that the Common Afro-Malagasy Organization is an association of countries united by certain special bonds, certain forms of culture and certain economic interests. It is freely open to all and represents that "union in diversity" which the representative of Cameroon so eloquently defined from this rostrum [1412th meeting]. That organization has set out on the road of economic co-operation, setting up, among other things, a kind of common market for sugar. With that outlook it cannot but strengthen the Organization of African Unity. 21. The union of Africa is, as I have already stressed, more necessary than ever and the special interests of some States should never overshadow it.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“My delegation hopes that, as in Madagascar, democratic principles will be applied everywhere and individual freedom fully respected. In Madagascar eighteen tribes coexist in peace, without any racial discrimination. There is not a single political prisoner. We have no territorial ambitions outside our own frontiers and we threaten no one. The President of my country recently said that, opposed to any form of armed intervention, he intends to observe on every occasion Ghandi's doctrine of non-violence. 20. My country will continue to be a loyal and active partner in the Organization of African Unity, because it is convinced that union is possible and desirable in Africa, on the basis of respect for the sovereignty and integrity of each State.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The resolution [2103B (XX)] adopted on the recommendation of that Committee takes our suggestions substantially into account and my Government greatly hopes that these principles, already implicit in the Charter, will be formally incorporated therein. 18. My delegation hopes that all Member States will observe these great principles and that those who apply for membership will undertake to comply with them. It is with this hope in mind that my delegation, for its part, will not vote for the admission of any State, even Continental China, if, by its statements and, still more, by its actions, it follows a non-peaceful policy contrary to the spirit of the Charter. The delegation of the Republic of Madagascar will not dwell at greater length on the great questions which we have on the agenda. 19.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Only general, controlled disarmament would produce a realistic solution. It is greatly to be desired that outer space will in no case be used for murderous ends. 17. The sovereignty of all States must be respected. International differences must be settled by negotiation. Every form of internal subversion or interference in the affairs of other States must be absolutely prohibited among Member States. These principles are the ones that guide the foreign policy of my Government, A special item [94] was included in the agenda of the twentieth session of the General Assembly at my Government's request and consideration of that item has been referred to the Sixth Committee.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Why then, my delegation wonders, should we not consider minimum prices for the principal products and set up an international system of compensation which would operate automatically if prices fell and would give the producing country the difference? Is it not extraordinary to find that, when the industrialized countries establish their cost prices, the cost of raw materials seems to be a variable and reducible element? If, for example wages have to rise, we often find that, in order not to raise the selling price and thereby prejudice turnover and expansion, it is the cost price of raw materials that is reduced. 16. Previous speakers have all expressed the deep anxiety of their peoples at the accumulation and dissemination of weapons of mass destruction, while the volume of conventional armaments is also increasing.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We are far from the goal we enthusiastically set ourselves four years ago; namely, of obtaining a contribution to international assistance from the industrialized countries equal to 1 per cent of their gross national income [resolution 1711 (XVI)]. It is, of course, only fair to say that some industrialized countries have greatly increased their total aid; but what is at issue here is an effort of international co-operation, and the burden should not be left to three or four countries alone. 15. One of the solutions to the problem of underdevelopment would be the effective organization of primary commodity markets. Many speakers have stressed that the origin, the real cause of the imbalance, lies in the constant deterioration of the terms of trade and the inadequate prices for raw materials. Everyone seems to agree on this diagnosis.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“The great African family has unequivocally spoken out' through the voice of the Organization of African Unity' against the unilateral declaration of independence and the United Nations has solemnly manifested its categorical disagreement with that action. The authority of the international Organization must not be indefinitely flopped and the rebel regime of Ian Smith must agree to hand over sovereignty to the people of Southern Rhodesia. Otherwise, it must be constrained to do so by all the means provided by the Charter and all Member States must firmly and resolutely use those means. 14. The Development Decade, in which so many hopes had been placed, has already proved a partial failure. The total amount of aid granted by the industrialized countries is decreasing, whereas their national income is steadily increasing.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“When that happens, would they be able to count on the understanding, the co-operation and, I would even say, thinking of Madagascar, the friendship which exists in numerous African countries between the former colonial masters and those whom they had colonized, but who have now achieved independence? I say to them sincerely that today it is still not too late to prepare for that future; but perhaps tomorrow it will be too late. 13. Recently a threat to peace has been created in Southern Rhodesia through the blindness of a minority anxious at all costs to maintain its supremacy over an African population twenty times more numerous.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Portugal and South Africa should look around them and not stubbornly pursue a policy so contrary to the evolution of peoples and to the commitments they undertook when they signed the Charter and accepted its provisions, without reservation, including those contained in Chapter XI. Further, those countries should understand that they are preparing a terrible awakening for their children and grandchildren, for they must not have the illusion they can indefinitely keep under their domination tens of millions of Africans who aspire to freedom and who, with the moral support of the rest of the world and the determined solidarity of their African brothers, will succeed, one of these days, in breaking their chains.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“In South West Africa, that same Government is introducing segregation laws which have already been rejected by the universal conscience and is claiming that the Mandate which it holds from the League of Nations puts it beyond all United Nations control, despite the decisions handed down in 1950 and 1962 by the International Court of Justice, whose scandalous recent Judgment has not altered the substance of the operative part of those decisions: namely, that the United Nations is the successor of the League of Nations. The only way out in this matter is to revoke the Mandate. 12.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Portugal takes no notice whatsoever of the numerous resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly. Portugal should understand that we cannot stand by indefinitely, helpless and disarmed, as witnesses to this deliberate refusal to permit millions of Africans to escape from the domination of a colonial Power. 10. In South Africa, a pitiless policy of racial discrimination depriving African peoples of their most elementary rights, although condemned by the universal conscience and denounced by numerous resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly, is nevertheless being pursued and is even hardening. 11.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“What admirable examples of political realism India and Pakistan gave the world at their historic meeting in Tashkent in January 1966, and Indonesia, when it decided to put an end to its confrontation with Malaysia, Are not negotiation and self-determination the only possible solutions also for the tragic problems which are today arising in Africa? Let us pause for a moment to consider those problems, which are now foremost among the concerns not only of the African States, but also of all the very many States represented in this Assembly which are determined to see that throughout the great continent of Africa the principles of liberty contained in the Charter are not empty words. 9. Portugal stubbornly refuses to recognize the right of the African populations it administers to self-determination.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Wherever peace is threatened, wherever the aftermath of past disputes keeps trouble spots in existence, only loyal application of the principles of the Charter can bring backorder and calm. Peoples artificially divided — in Korea, Germany, Viet-Nam — aspire to reunification. They should be free, without constraint or external interference, to choose their own destiny. To that end, since war is to be excluded, is not negotiation the only possible way out? The same applies in other parts of the world; in Africa, where dangerous border conflicts arise here and there between neighbouring sister-States; in the Middle East, where serious problems, the consequence of the last two wars, obviously cannot be settled except by negotiation; in Asia and, lastly, in the Far East. 8.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Alas, a year has gone by since that historic moment and, despite that resounding appeal, the guns are still firing and blood is still flowing. When will the peoples understand that force settles nothing and that every leader has the duty to seek, in good faith, without unacceptable conditions, a way to save his people from the ruin, suffering and destruction which will weigh down on generations to come? This appeal for a sincere search for peace, in other words, for negotiation, constitutes, in my candid opinion, the only way to end the present troubles, by the very fact that the United Nations Charter prohibits all Member States from resorting to war. 7.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“We all understand that the Secretary-General is at times discouraged; but, knowing his high sense of duty, perhaps we can hope that the number and gravity of the problems to be solved will, on the contrary, encourage him to remain at his post, for he will realize from the unanimous emotion generated by the announcement of his departure that the world sees in him the man in whom it can place its hopes. 6. The first of these problems is the search for peace. No one has forgotten the moving appeal for peace made in this very hall a year ago by His Holiness Pope Paul VI [1347th meeting]. His Holiness appealed to the conscience of the world to banish forever war, with its attendant violence, wretchedness and death.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“He has devoted himself body and soul to his lofty mission of keeping the peace, seeing that the Charter is implemented and seeking a solution for the agonizing problems which have developed in various parts of the world during the last four years, threatening mankind with a conflagration which, because of the existence of terrible means of mass destruction, could mean the end of our civilization and perhaps destroy all chance of survival on our planet. 5. A few day ago my Head of State publicly declared that the whole people of Madagascar hoped that the Secretary-General would agree to continue to serve in his difficult post and that, for their part, all the Powers, great and small, would do everything in their power to facilitate his task.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Fanfani, who evinced outstanding qualities and whose wisdom greatly contributed to the smooth functioning of a particularly difficult session. 4. To the Secretary-General, U Thant, I bring on behalf of our Head of State, President Philibert Tsiranana, and on behalf of the Government and people of Madagascar, the tribute of our admiration and gratitude for the great work he has accomplished since he has held the office to which the General Assembly, in tragic circumstances, unanimously called him.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“1. Mr. President, as I speak from this rostrum for the first time, to express my own and my Government's warm congratulations to you on your election to the Presidency, a post in which your cool-headedness, wisdom and diplomacy, as well as your long experience in international problems, will be invaluable to our Organization in these difficult times. 2. I had the privilege of meeting you in 1960, when my country was admitted to the United Nations, Your eloquence, so precise and at the same time vigorous, and your very complete knowledge of United Nations affairs were for me, a newcomer, an object of admiration and inspiration. 3. You are the next in line in a series of distinguished Presidents. I shall mention today only your immediate predecessor, Mr.”
1966-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 21 (1966)
“Let us swear that v/e shall do all we can to ensure that this planet does not sink into the eternal silence of the icy universe and infinite space.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“Despite the shadows which have been hanging over mankind for the last few months, despite the atmosphere of terror in which we live, trembling for our fate, and that of our children, mankind has not lost all hope, for there are some rays of light. One of the most comforting is the fact that a hundred nations are today gathered in this Hall to study ways of emerging from this labyrinth and embarking upon a future of light and hope. 200. Must mankind finally be defeated? To think that 's to disregard the message which, from beyond the grave, Dag Hammarskjold, and with him all the generous souls who have worked for peace, have left us. No, let us combine our good will, let us unite in one and the same desire to save the thousands of millions of human beings living on the earth who placed their faith in us.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“In December 1960, during the fifteenth session of the Assembly, we adopted, with unanimous and spontaneous enthusiasm, the resolution [1514 (XV)] designed to put an end to colonialism. I urge one and all to match their words by their deeds and not to oppose the admission of Mauritania, for the African and Malagasy people would not understand an attitude which would be in such flagrant contradiction with the statements made from the rostrum. 198. We welcomed the announcement that other African States will accede to independence in the next few months. We shall welcome them with equal joy, confident that one day all the peoples of Africa, free or liberated, will be represented in this Assembly. 199.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“Unfortunately another of the twenty-one States at that Conference is still awaiting admission: I refer to Mauritania, which is being kept out of the Assembly by a veto prompted by cold war considerations which have nothing to do with the merits of the case. I urge all those who are directly or indirectly involved in this unhappy state of affairs to reconsider their position and to cease frustrating the explicit will of the Assembly, which at its fifteenth session recommended the admission of Mauritania by 63 votes to 15 [989th meeting]* Is that the respect due to our Organization, that respect for the lack of which some countries have so often been reproached? 197.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“Indeed, it would be impossible for development programmes to be carried out rationally if unpredictable and frequently inexplicable variations in world prices of basic commodities were to upset the economic balance of the under-developed Countries. 195. My delegation was delighted to co-sponsor the resolution [1623 (XVI)] admitting Sierra Leone to membership of the United Nations. I am happy to voice here the satisfaction felt by President Tsiranana, my Head of State, my Government and the Malagasy people as a whole at this auspicious event. Our most affectionate wishes will accompany the new State in its first steps on the road of independence and we rejoice to see one of the participants in the Monrovia Conference taking its seat in this Assembly. 196.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“My Government is therefore glad that there are many such agreements, whose replacement should not be contemplated until there is sufficient international assistance available. 194. It wishes, however, to draw attention to a problem which indeed did not escape the notice Of the Assembly when the Committee for Industrial Development and the Commission on International Commodity Trade were set up. It seems to us essential that the work done by those two bodies should produce specific solutions quickly and that the important question of the stabilization of commodity prices should be settled satisfactorily.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“The generous efforts which have been undertaken to help the under-developed countries to escape from poverty, and perhaps from despair, must continue and, with experience, become more and more effective. 193. My Government considers that international assistance and multilateral aid are undoubtedly necessary, but that the means that have been used so far are very paltry compared with the immense task which has yet to be accomplished. The reasons advanced against bilateral assistance agreements are, in its opinion, unsound. The first attribute of a sovereign State is the capacity to enter into agreements freely with whomsoever it wishes for its national defence and its economic life.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“"All colonialism must disappear, all neo-colonial- ism must be destroyed in order to increase cohesion, inter-penetration and peace among all the States inhabiting the vast continent of Africa. We hope that at the intercontinental level relations between countries may be developed in conditions and directions similar to those by which the establishment of our relations with France has been characterized, on the basis of reciprocal feelings of respect, generosity and understanding." 191. Political independence is not everything. It would even be a delusion unless every nation could achieve economic independence, which is a prerequisite for genuine independence. 192.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“In order not to prolong this statement of general policy, may I be allowed to quote a few extracts from the speech made by Mr. Tsiranana, President of the Malagasy Republic, on 6 September 1961 at the opening of the Tananarive Conference,. They throw light on the views of my people and their President concerning the events which are convulsing the world, and it is on that basis that my delegation, in close association with the eleven other States of the African and Malagasy Union, will determine its policy and its votes. I quote: "We too could easily stoop to words and deeds which would demonstrate that in our minds decolonization has not been completed. But we can, I think, be proud to say that hatred does no good and that, as formerly colonized peoples, w*j do not want to become colonizers or ever to have to take up arms against anyone.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“With regard to the Congo, my Government's policy has never altered. It still considers that the United Nations must help that country to recover its balance, and, since its constitutional institutions have finally been established, to seek reconciliation and; to forget past quarrels. My Government, faithful to its constant principle of respecting the right of peoples to self-determination, would have reservations if ever the United Nations, going beyond its role, gave its assistance to any military operations whose objective, whether avowed or secret, was to reduce opposition by force. I state categorically that the peoples of the Congo must be the sole masters of their fate and must remain free to adopt whatever form of government they may choose. 190.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“The obstacle of the Sahara having been finally surmounted, we urge the French Government and the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic—as did the twelve Heads of State of the African and Malagasy Union at Tananarive—to resume their negotiations to determine the conditions for supervising the process of self-determination which should ensure the independence of Algeria, including the Algerian part of the Sahara, and this time to bring them to a successful conclusion. 188. The Malagasy delegation Is happy to see that for Tunisia the absurd conflict which arose on 19 July 1961 is almost at an end and will soon be no more than a bad memory. It is glad to have contributed loyally to that settlement by voting in favour of the resolution [1622 (S-III)J which called upon both parties to enter into negotiations. 189.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“For decolonization to achieve its goal, which is ultimately the liberation of man, the regimes of the independent countries must be democratic. My Head of State is a convinced democrat and he considers, as does the whole population of Madagascar, that a people living under a regime which is not based on the free consent of the people is not a free people. 186. My Government has never made a secret of the friendly relations existing between Madagascar and France, which as a result of free negotiation gave it self-government in 1958 and independence in ,1960. It is because of that friendship that Madagascar fervently hopes that the Algerian conflict, Which has been going on for seven years, may be brought to an end according to the principles laid down by the Charter, i.e., by the total decolonization of the Maghreb. 187.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“With regard to the vital problem of decolonization, my delegation, faithful to the decisions of the Tananarive Conference, will continue to give its full support to all decisions calculated to give the peoples who are still dependent an opportunity to express their free will as soon as possible and, through self- determination, to accede to independence if that is their wish. It hopes that Portugal, listening to the voice of reason, will liberate Angola and Mozambique as soon as possible. 184. My Government is opposed to all forms of racial discrimination. It will not hesitate to endorse any action designed to remove this shameful evil from the face of the earth, especially in South Africa. It feels, however, that decolonization alone is not enough. 185.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“Scorning noisy publicity and avoiding all exaggerated statements, which could only stiffen the various positions, the Tananarive Twelve, anxious to preserve an impartial position between the two blocs, reaffirmed the principles which had been agreed upon at Monrovia and decided to unite their efforts to ensure that wise and conciliatory settlements should prevail. I will not dwell on the results of the Tananarive Conference, since the representative of Niger has just informed you of them in all clarity and eloquence. 183.”
1961-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 16 (1961)
“Later, from 6 to 12 September 1961, twelve African and Malagasy Republics met at Tananarive and laid the foundations of the African and Malagasy Union, This Union is open to all peace-loving peoples who would like to work with us, within this fraternal organization, for the elimination of war and the development of international co-operation in the spirit of the Charter, and, more specifically, to collaborate for the defence of the integrity and independence of the African nations and for their economic and social development. For seven days, twelve Heads of State exchanged views, in a friendly atmosphere, on the great problems which plague the world.”
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