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first: 1964-09-24
most recent: 1995-09-24
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“Ignore Africa to your peril.” (Pliny the Elder, Natural History, VII, 77) In the same breath, we plead to you here again and again: listen to what was said at the United Nations social summit meeting, at the United Nations women’s summit meeting and during the International Year of the Child. There is no hope for mankind in the twenty-first century and after without a United Nations based on those three great occasions. Malawi pleads to those great nations that have grown up with the ideals and ideas of human giants of the world not to jump off the ship that carries us all. No one can say, “Stop the world, I want to get off.” On behalf of the people of Malawi, I thank Members of the General Assembly for their attention.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The silent Malawians who had crept out of Malawi, cautious not to speak to 18 General Assembly 21st plenary meeting others about the pain of imprisonment and death in their prison country, now saw a new leadership, not only in President Muluzi, but in the people of the country themselves. If these 15 months of the new Malawi have not meant much to the World Bank, the fatigued donors and the sceptical theoreticians, let them remember the following great words of Pliny: “There is always something new out of Africa. Its presence on this continent, like the great seas that surround it, are legendary.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Let us not lose sight of the ideals which the Organization stands for as we continue to uphold the necessary flexibility for its adaptation to current trends. Lastly, to those who love and cherish democracy let the word go out, lest we forget, that the name “Nyasaland” at one time represented the biblical David and Goliath in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which, if it had been given birth, would have made the script for that region a different story. When the borders that defined our nationhood opened again and we became part of Mother Africa and the rest of the world, our State President, Bakili Muluzi, burst out of a suffocated Malawi, which had become a prison, and invited the world to come and rejoice with us.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“It is the hope of my Government that the Korean people on both sides of the thirty-eighth parallel will sustain and strengthen contact, with the aim of breaking the existing impasse in the reunification of the divided peninsula. In the same vein, my Government favours any efforts the United Nations may undertake with the aim of resolving the issue of the international status of the Republic of China on Taiwan in a manner which would be acceptable to both the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the authorities in Taiwan. As the United Nations celebrates 50 years of existence, let us take full stock of the work of the Organization since its birth. Let us retrace our steps and weigh our achievements and failures so that we may approach the twenty-first century with renewed vigour and commitment.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The two players deserve the unflinching support and applause of the international community to ensure that elements which are opposed to the peace process do not succeed. On the other hand, we have observed with remorse the tragedy which has unfolded in the countries of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Innocent civilians have been the most hurt in the shifting fortunes of war in the Balkan region. Understandably, the United Nations and the rest of the international community can play only a limited role in the resolution of the conflict. My Government, therefore, calls upon the principal players in the region to cooperate with the international community in finding a lasting solution to the conflict.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The militarization of the refugee camps outside Rwanda is a source of great concern to Malawi. We therefore call upon the international community to do its utmost to reverse the reported inflow of weaponry into the refugee camps, and appeal to the people of Rwanda to exercise political maturity in order to avoid a degeneration of the situation into the tragedy of yesteryear, especially when the mandate of UNAMIR expires on 9 December 1995. My Government is encouraged by the progress being made in the Middle East peace process. We commend the courage and determination of the Government of the State of Israel as well as the leadership of the Palestine National Authority to move ahead.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We therefore call upon the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco to allow the United Nations Mission a free hand in its operations so that the deadline of January 1996 for the holding of a referendum can be met. Malawi has noted with a good deal of concern the horrendous massacres of innocent people in the Central African country of Rwanda. However, despite the continued existence of ethnic tensions, the efforts of the United Nations to ensure that peace finally descends upon this troubled area have not faltered. To this end, my Government earnestly commends the role played by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), to which we have made a modest contribution of military observers as a demonstration of Malawi’s commitment to the restoration of peace.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Malawi therefore calls upon the international community to render unflinching support to the new and emerging democracies in the region so that they do not slide back to anarchy and authoritarianism. The Malawi Government is concerned about the slow pace at which the identification of eligible voters is proceeding in Western Sahara. We appreciate the efforts of the United Nations to extend its Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) as a show of genuine commitment to resolving this long-standing issue. It should, however, be noted that without the commitment of the principal players in the matter the current efforts will all be in vain.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Malawi welcomes encouraging moves towards the demobilization of combatants of both the Angolan Government Forces and the National Union for the Total 17 General Assembly 21st plenary meeting Independence of Angola (UNITA) under the third United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III). We fully commend the invaluable role which we, the United Nations, are playing in Angola. In South Africa, the post-apartheid Government of President Nelson Mandela is now firmly in place. Incidentally, I am glad I can pronounce it properly, for it is not “apartheid” but “apart hate” — put apart and hate. The demise of “apart hate” brightened prospects for peace and cooperation in southern Africa.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“It is therefore proper and fitting that an organ of such high standing should operate in an accountable and transparent manner. In addition, Malawi supports measures aimed at enhancing equitable representation in an effort to reflect the existing international political configuration as well as the composition of the United Nations. As Malawi consolidates genuine freedom and democracy it is pleasing to note that the rest of the southern African region has unwaveringly embraced this new culture of political pluralism and tolerance. More important, those countries which have for long been devastated by civil strife have either resolved or are in the process of resolving their misunderstandings.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“I am a product of the 30 years of exile which totalitarianism imposed on my country. The success of the poverty alleviation programme therefore becomes a major aspect of our hopes and expectations. The new culture of tolerance has created a highly conducive climate for investment. We have therefore opened the door to prospective investors to come, explore and take advantage of the opportunities which exist in other areas such as tourism, irrigation, mining and other sectors of the economy. Malawi has noted with interest the ongoing efforts to reform the United Nations system. We have observed in particular the various proposals that have been put forward on the reform of the Security Council. The Security Council is, truly, an important organ of the Organization.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The poverty-alleviation programme seeks to target the rural poor, who are in the majority as the primary beneficiary. A poverty-alleviation fund has been set up, along with a Malawi social action fund, which is a component thereof. The programme is multisectoral in approach and aims at promoting the education and health sectors among others. The Government has, in this regard, introduced free primary school education and has also tried to increase the number of schools. My Government would therefore like to thank the United Nations system and the donor community and the many other institutions in the private sector — especially the missionary sector — which have extended assistance in our development endeavours, for if our courage and hope had not been evoked by the Catholic bishops of Malawi I would not be speaking here today.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Since the region experienced severe drought in the 1992 and 1993 crop seasons, with a mild recovery in 1993 and 1994, rainfall has continued to be erratic in southern Africa. The economy of Malawi, which is almost entirely agro-based, has been hard-hit, resulting in chronic food shortages. This season has not been any better. Once again, the country faces severe food shortages, which the Government has to meet through importing grain, mainly maize. Is this a test of our democracy? Can a democracy, even a classical Grecian one, grow on an empty stomach? Against this background is the programme for the alleviation of poverty, which the new Government of Malawi has enunciated in order to tackle the chronic poverty which it inherited from the previous regime.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Deforestation, overgrazing, and the destruction of roads used by relief supply vehicles are some of the problems which resulted from the presence of the refugees. In addition, Malawi is playing host to a number of refugee communities from around Africa — from Rwanda and Somalia — although their numbers have grown nowhere near those reached by our brothers and sisters from neighbouring Mozambique. The Government of Malawi would like at this juncture to express its most sincere gratitude and appreciation for the kind and invaluable assistance received from the United Nations system, particularly through the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), as well as from donor Governments and agencies, and non-governmental organizations at a time when we most needed help.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“How do they think of the women and children 16 General Assembly 21st plenary meeting who wake up with new hope and who go to fetch water or plant their plantations and who find themselves blown up by those who should have cared much more than to play with such weapons — such utterly senseless weapons of destruction? Until recently my country hosted a large number of refugees from Mozambique when that country was experiencing civil strife. The size of the refugee community, which peaked at over a million, has now decreased as refugees are returning home since the conclusion of a peace accord between the then warring FRELIMO government and the forces of RENAMO. However, despite the ongoing repatriation of the refugees back to Mozambique, a strong legacy of environmental degradation is left behind.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“But perhaps I might add that, above all, the Conference on Women held in Beijing brought to the fore, at least for us, the entire issue of trying to understand the whole question of man’s responsibility towards man and the importance of the idea of hope and sustenance in recognizing the role of women, for in my country 70 per cent of the economy and 70 per cent of human love and care and 70 per cent of all that makes a nation admirable is in the hands of women. How can one understand those who caused so many bombs and mines to be planted in Mozambique and Angola?”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“After 30 Years of educated leadership we are still one of the least developed countries in the world, highest in the rate of illiteracy and the most highly indebted, but the most beautiful in nature and the one best qualified, perhaps, for a Marshall Plan. Malawi is among those countries in the world that have a high incidence of the HIV/AIDS infection. This pandemic has seriously affected the young and active segment of the population, which is the hub of development activity in all sectors of the national economy. We commend the untiring efforts of the World Health Organization and other institutions which, together with my Government, are actively engaged in tackling this pandemic.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We are astonished that as we are rejoicing in our new democracy they are now standing aloof watching our skeletons of hitherto silenced and abused citizenry feeding the flickering fires of democracy against the howling winds of poverty, hunger and disease. In this wider breakthrough of understanding in the universe, let us be thankful that on this tiny planet there is on the East River in New York a piece of land where people meet to discuss problems — some no bigger than an ant-hill and some larger — thankful that somewhere there is a little hill called Everest near Kathmandu where lilliputian human ants can crawl up and become heroes!”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“These four estates are almost a novelty in Malawi after 30 years of autocracy and a dictatorship responsible for the most vicious abuse of human life. Above all, it is important to remember that pathological hero worship is the price people pay for losing their self-respect. There is therefore cause to celebrate the 50 years of the life of the United Nations — especially for Malawi for, from the land of the dead, we have come back to the land of the living. We are astonished, however, that at this moment of rebirth Malawi — and possibly other countries — seem to have been abandoned. Could this be what the Pope was talking about — the small nations — those which have power, whether it be economic or military? Where are those great friends of yesteryear, the great friends of the days of the cold war?”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Thanks to the action of the United Nations, Malawi fought, this time not for independence, but for democracy. A referendum in 1993 and a general election, supervised by this world body and other friends, on 17 May 1994, gave birth to a new country. This is what the Pope referred to as “hope”. Today, a year and five months later, the four estates of democracy are taking root in Malawi. We now have an elective executive and a pluralist parliament with one of the most active and articulate oppositions slowly learning the complex art of debate and the art of give-and-take. In addition, we also have an independent judiciary protecting the bastion of the rule of law from which all human rights are protected and nurtured and we have an independent and free press.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Malawi does not wish to seem bitter in expressing some of these thoughts; but 50, even in a mere human life, is the age at which soul-searching is important. Along with many others, Malawi sowed the seeds of its own gorgon 30 years ago — what the Pope referred to as the totalitarian totem. The pattern of Presidents-for-life and one-party autocracies bred a series of dictatorships supported by the interests of the cold war’s great Powers. When perestroika knocked on the door, man heaved a sigh of relief. The cold war had ended. We in Malawi were not left behind. A new dawn broke in the land once described by Africa Watch as a place where silence rules. Last year Malawi stood up in this Assembly to declare proudly that a people cannot be kept down for ever by man’s inhumanity to man.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We saw it first in South Africa and later began to see it rearing its ugly head in the twilight of this century. 15 General Assembly 21st plenary meeting The curtain of this act finally falls on the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. Let us remember the joy and ecstasy with which the former colonial countries emerged into independence as Members of this body. What genius woke up to think of and, later, to found this Organization? What idealism sustained it? Yet a dark shadow haunted it in its growth; and now, as the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary is upon us, we somehow realize that perhaps the cold war, that Iron Curtain, was used by the great Powers, in the name of democracy, human rights and justice for all, simply to keep a balance of power.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The first was the establishment of a power structure, as demonstrated by the rise of the great experiments: the experiment in democracy built on capitalism and respect for individual rights and the experiment in socialism based on a social contract for a community with a common purpose. The conflict of these ideas would lead to the emergence of what would dominate the world’s political ways during the first 45 years of this Organization’s existence: the cold war. The second great phenomenon that the Pope referred to was the fall of the empires built by the European Powers from Asia to Africa and the proud rise of colonized people to independence. The third — and perhaps the most heart-rending — phenomenon of this century was that of racism.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“The Assembly will also remember the moral responsibility he put upon the human being, both as an individual and as a member of the community of what is really a small planet. One need only fly a few miles up in the air from this little planet, which we call Earth, to see that we all really look like little rabbits dashing from one foxhole to another. However, as human beings, we also resemble God, our creator. To me it seemed as if our call to speak after him, this afternoon, was an occasion to try to strengthen what His Holiness the Pope left with us this morning. The twentieth century is soon coming to an end. Historians will remember and record it as the century of three great phenomena, I think.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Amara Essy of Côte d’Ivoire, who, in spite of the complexity of the issues and the difficult constraints which confronted the United Nations during his tenure, guided the work of the forty-ninth session with admirable skill, dignity and vision. It is indeed very difficult to have to speak today after His Holiness the Pope, lest those words which this morning flew up to high rafters of this building be forgotten. We in Malawi feel that perhaps it was our fate to be scheduled to speak after him. The Assembly will recall that the Pope talked about the moral aspects of nationhood, politics and relations between nations. The Assembly will also remember how he gave the word freedom a new dimension and meaning, saying that man will insist on it, whether small or big.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“Allow me to congratulate the President on his election to his high office at the fiftieth session of the General Assembly. The Government and the people of the Republic of Malawi hold him and his great country, Portugal, in high esteem. His appointment to preside over the deliberations of the Assembly during this important session, as the United Nations commemorates its fiftieth anniversary, is an indisputable reflection of the recognition of his eminence by the international community. My delegation is confident that he will guide the deliberations of the Assembly to a fruitful conclusion. At the same time, allow me to pay tribute to his predecessor, His Excellency Mr.”
1995-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 50 (1995)
“We look to the future with a new vision of man whose values are basically spiritual. 61. Our plea to the Assembly this year is to ask it to remember the words of that great poet, John Milton, in Paradise Lost: ... What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the height of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Before I close, let it not be taken for granted that Africa, and Malawi in particular, will sit down and watch acts of unwarranted interference in our national affairs by any nation, great or small, by any group of people, who, through their own wishes and desires, believe that they have a mission to, fulfil in our country. The affairs in the Congo have disturbed Africa and the world, Malawi and Africa have fought before for their rights. We shall continue against any collusions or acts of subversion, to fight for the maintenance of our national integrity. The problems Or Africa are basically African problems. They can never be solved by foreign aeroplanes or foreign ideologies. Nor* shall we allow our God-given natural resources to be used for our destruction and the spiritual massacre of our simple people.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“It seems anomalous to us that China must blow dangerous fireworks into the atmosphere before the United Nations can stir up the huddles in the delegate's lounge to consider the whole question of world peace. 59. I said before that the duty of Malawi will be to add her voice to those small nations that keep the conscience of the world. Malawi believes in this Organization because it accepts the big and the small on terms of equality. Malawi is often reminded of that great period a few years ago when the noble people of the United States of America in their wisdom had the courage to elect a boy as their President. The world saw then the vision of a new frontier. It is this new frontier that Malawi will endeavour to bring into the chambers of this Organization. 60.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“The United Nations Trade and Development Conference is a beginning, but only a beginning. Like numerous speakers before me, I wish to say that my country will watch closely what will follow after Geneva. 57. In the great debate that questions the-burning issues that certain countries should or should not be admitted to the United Nations, we can only restate our Prime Minister's statement in his address that Malawi reaffirms the provisions of Article 4 of the Charter, which stipulates that: "Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the ... Charter". We stand, therefore, for the admission of China. 58. One of the obvious weaknesses of this Assembly is that China is not sitting with us here today.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Indeed, is it not humiliating to know that, when crops are being ploughed under in one area of our planet, children are dying of hunger in another part of it? Is it not callously humiliating to know that the most noble abilities of man are spent in burning uranium while, in the same breath, there are talks about aid and help to the developing areas of the world? Of what use is that nobility that rests in the face of the ladies that sell UNICEF stamps in this building? Of what significance are the school children's United Nations clubs if they are not going to flower into the spiritual embodiment of this ideal that man still refuses to accept in the General Assembly? 56. The developing nations, and Malawi in particular, believe that the exploiting imbalance of trade arrangements has begun to be tackled by the former exploiting Powers.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Let it not be said that the chambers of this great Organization heard the warning, but never heeded it, for what would be more tragic than to lead the world into a human tragedy so senseless? 54. Malawi is one of the "new boys "in this Organization. We have walked through the corridors of this building with open eyes. We have seen beyond the pinstriped suits, the colourful togas and pompous brief cases; heard through the whiffs of sophisticated chatter and the knowledgeable nudge on the elbow, the true message of the United Nations, that message that penetrates through the many forms of eloquence bringing us back to what this Organization is really all about. To reduce it to a simple definition, it could be summed up as the responsible concern of man for man and nation for nation. 55.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“For this we shall, fight to destroy the cancer that has been sapping the life of our brothers in South West Africa, Angola and Mozambique, and for the just Cause of Bechuanaland, and indeed for the whole Sum total of those millions that still live under the shadow of man's inhumanity to man; and, above all, for those millions in South Africa, whose tragic lot has put the twentieth century to shame for tolerating the inhuman regime that takes the form of the so-called Government of South Africa. 53. Malawi now stands on the battle-line of this challenge to the human race. Malawi wishes to state here that in these areas the sands of time are running short.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“But never in the history of mankind should it be said of us that we killed this noble task of liberation, by sacrificing the goal and prostituting ourselves for immediate cheap applause, for if Malawi should die in the endeavour, the death will not be Malawi’s only; it will be partial death for Africa. If it succeeds in circumventing this monstrous obstacle to victory, it will be a victory for Africa and all the free world. 52. For tins, therefore, we shall continue, determined as ever, with the best of our ability to fight for the liberation of our brothers in Southern Rhodesia with whom for months we have shared imperialist prisons.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We depend on an economy whose basis is agriculture, Worst of all, we are cradled by one of the most heinous forms of colonialism that any African country has had the misfortune to have near. We shall not flinch in our duty, using all our abilities, accepting all our limitations, to fight for the total liberation of all dependent people, more especially for the total liberation of our dear continent, Africa. Malawi does not believe in mere talk and empty words of exaltation. 51. If at times, therefore, we may look as if we have failed, it will not have been for lack of trying.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We shall refuse, categorically, to be drawn into the arena of the cold war; we shall refuse to perform the marionette shuffles of power blocs or to play the toy soldier games of military alliances designed to serve the interests of muscle or mammon. Malawi does not naively believe in the inherent good nature of man. Our belief can rather be summed up in the words of that great humanist and novelist, Mr. E. M. Forster, who said that he would rather have "less chastity and more delicacy". 50. Ours in Malawi is not a bed of roses. This is made painfully clear when one looks at our position on the map of Africa. We are faced with the most heart-rending problem that any new nation has had to face. We are land-locked.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We cannot depend on the gullibility of power, size or wealth and therefore Malawi will not prostrate itself, nor allow any nation in the same position to be used or influenced by the twentieth-century worship of ideologies. 49. That is why, in our foreign policy, as our leader stated a few days ago, we shall be guided by the tenet3 of "discretionary non-alignment". In the pursuance of this policy we shall unflinchingly reserve the right to take our own independent stand on the numerous international issues which face the world today and not simply to follow the respective attitudes of other nations, whether Eastern or Western.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Malawi cannot, in our time — as man has never accepted at any time in history — accept that these principles be submerged or intimidated by those negative values guided by strength or wealth but it must rather be guided by justice, responsibility, truth, honour and respect for that which is right and sacred. 48. Malawi is rightly proud of being a member nation of this community. In our present trying times Malawi is proud of belonging to that band of small nations whose strength and influence lies in the keeping of the conscience of the world. In this, therefore, we need not minimize our responsibilities; indeed, it makes them greater because these responsibilities do not depend on the possession of arms but rather on the exertion of spiritual influence without fear or favour.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“Hastings Banda, gave on 2 December 1964 in his address in the General Assembly [1288th meeting] that Malawi will abide by the basic faiths and principles that are self-evident and need no questioning. For Malawi it begins from man's search for international peace and prosperity. We believe that peace and prosperity are nurtured by a genuine desire for the dignity and freedom of man. They flow through the enjoyment of equal rights for all men, of all nations, large or small, because their sum is man himself. Malawi cannot, therefore, countenance colonialism or imperialism in any guise or form.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“We in Malawi believe this to be a moment for restating the truth, which is so easily and readily forgotten, enshrined in the Constitution of the nation on whose soil this headquarters stands — not because it was originally theirs, but because they like all other free nations, restated it from history, and because independence is not a gift but a right of all peoples. The whole nation of Malawi comes before you today when the future of man, and his survival on this lovely planet, halve become a matter of urgent appraisal, to remind the Organization of that dedication by which it pledged itself. 47. Today Malawi stands before the world to reaffirm the pledge that our Prime Minister and leader Dr.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“President, are truly African. It is a victory for the common man because Africa, and all the so-called non-powerful nations, base their values on the premise that from the common man the values of peace and prosperity, dignity and respect — indeed, the awe-inspiring thought of the human inspiration — must begin. 45. Within the wake of the fight for freedom and that sure path that was blazed by all our sister nations in Africa, and all other nations that believe in the dignity of man, in his freedom, in the sanctity of his existence on this planet, I would be failing in my duty, if as my country's representative, I did not express its thanks to all the friends who, in the time of trial, of the gathering storm and the hinge of fate, stood by Malawi to affirm the inevitable truth that all nations must live in freedom, and dignity. 46.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)
“43. Allow me, Mr. President, to add my country’s voice to those from Africa and elsewhere who have extended to you warm greetings and congratulations on your election to the presidency of the nineteenth session of the General Assembly. Your victory is at once personal, national, truly African, and most important, an expression of the great belief of the common man in right and in truth. 44. It. is personal in that you deserve it, because of the belief you have — and have had — in this Organization, and because of the personal endeavours you have put into it. It is national in that to follow is easier than to lead; indeed, was it not your nation that lit the torch for mother Africa which led us into the corridors of the United Nations, an organization which stands as man's bastion of hope. It is truly African because you, Mr.”
1964-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 19 (1964)