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  1. “If on this obvious question the United Nations meets with the firm resistance of the Western Powers, particularly the United States, this is so because they are inclined to employ the United Nations as an instrument of the cold war waged against the Chinese People's Republic and all socialist States, because they intend to use the United Nations for their own purposes and do not intend to reconcile themselves to the idea that the United Nations should reflect faithfully the existing relationship of forces in the world and should implement the concept of peaceful co-existence in practice. Such attempts, so contrary to the United Nations Charter and its principal purposes, create the greatest danger to our Organization.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  2. “While welcoming the happy event of the growth of our Organization which enhances its standing and effectiveness, I cannot help expressing our regrets and our protests because of the continued absence in this hall of the representatives of the great Chinese people. The time has come to put an end to the fiction according to which major problems of the contemporary world can be solved without the participation of the Chinese People’s Republic. 42.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  3. “Our countries, too, were exploited by foreign capital until our nations gained control of our lands, the nations of our region work now for their good. They enjoy true independence and are in no need to be protected by the colonizers and their defenders. 40. With your permission, I wish to address myself to the representatives of States newly admitted to our Organization, that they convey to they people and their Governments the warm congratulations and heartfelt wishes of the Polish people for successful development on the new road of their independent, national existence. They will meet, both on our part as well as on that of all peace-loving nations, with full support in their efforts for the strengthening of their independence and sovereignty. 41.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  4. “No such socialist State exists, nor can it exist. For the essence of colonialism is the subjection of other nations for the purpose of exploiting their labour and seizing their wealth. 38. There is no need to recall here how Belgium, for instance, used to obtain hundreds of millions of dollars of colonial profits every year from the Congo. Is there any need now, after the speeches of the representatives of Africa, to remind Mr. Diefenbaker of the labour camps in Angola and Mozambique, the reservations and inhuman racial policy of the Union of South Africa? In an attempt to justify colonialism, to divert the attention of public opinion from what is a shameful page of the history of the twentieth century, the Prime Minister of Canada assumes a hypocritical role of a defender of freedom of social nations. 39.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  5. “Moreover, this mythical ship was supposed to have been dispatched a few days prior to the proclamation of the independence of the Congo. That is how fictitious evidence was offered as to the "communist plot" in the Congo. Even the Polish Government's official denial did not immediately stop this cheap insinuation. 37. We have also witnessed here the same methods being applied by those who defend, support and justify the colonizers. The method is insinuation, distortion and demagogy. They try to find colonialism and imperialism in their antipodes, in the socialist States. For instance, could Mr. Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, indicate which of the socialist countries exploits other nations, enriches itself by their labour, seizes their raw materials and plants, lives at their expense?”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  6. “It is contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations to cover up colonial interests with the flag of this Organization. This fact cannot be concealed by the "righteous indignation" of representatives of certain Powers in the face of the criticism, fully shared by the Polish delegation, of the Secretary-General’s actions. In analysing the policy of the Secretary-General, one can only rely on its true meaning viewed objectively, on the evaluation of its effects. It not only failed to help the lawful Government of Prime Minister Lumumba, but, what is more, it was directed against him. 36. I could mention here, as an illustration of methods used by the colonialists, the unfounded accusation made by Belgian authorities against my Government concerning an alleged shipment of arms to the Congo destined for Premier Lumumba.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  7. “Such assistance will be an equitable and necessary act of historical justice only if it corresponds to the interests of those peoples, only if it really favours the development of countries which, through no fault of their own, but because of the actions of others, have been kept in a state of backwardness . Such assistance can be rendered directly, within the framework of bilateral relations, as well as through the machinery of the United Nations. 35. But we should be on guard lest the motion of "assistance" and the United Nations flag be abused, as was true so recently in the Congo, with the intent of interfering in internal affairs in a way which by no means serves the strengthening of the political and economic sovereignty of this newly established African republic.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  8. “Only under conditions of peaceful co-operation of nations will the new countries be able to strengthen their sovereign existence and build an enduring basis for the independent development of the economy, of their culture, of their Statehood. That is why we are convinced that their contributions to the solution of the most pressing problems of our day, such as disarmament, the liquidation of the colonial system and the most broadly conceived international co-operation in all fields of human activity, will be of the utmost value. 34. It is being suggested here frequently that assistance is to be rendered to the newly liberated nations and newly created States.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  9. “There may still be difficulties ahead on the road towards full emancipation from economic dependence on their former rulers and colonizers, on capitalist concerns. There is no doubt, however, that nothing and no one will be able to revive the colonial system either in its old or its new forms. Any attempt to put the clock back will meet with the resistance of the newly liberated nations, which no longer stand alone. For on their side there are powerful forces. On their side are all those to whom the cause of peace and freedom is dear, countries which are building a new socialist order, nations which have experienced colonial oppression and exploitation. 33. The future of the new States is inseparably linked with the cause of peace.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  10. “This act symbolizes the recognition by the United Nations of the irreversible process of the liquidation of the colonial system. This is indeed a process which shapes our era. We trust that other countries of Africa, and in the first instance Algeria and nations of the eastern part of that continent, will soon regain their independence and the right to decide freely their own destinies, a right which is due to them. 32. The majority of the new Member States are countries of the African continent. For the first time in their history they enter the road of independent existence, gaining the possibility of using the vast riches of that continent for the benefit of their own people and of playing the part which is due to them in international relations.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  11. “No one has any intention here of blaming the American people, for whom the Polish delegation and undoubtedly all other delegations harbour feelings of warm friendship. All those acts of petty chicanery cannot influence the attitude of the delegations against which they are directed or hinder the constructive work we are resolved to pursue at this session. Nevertheless, the question raised here as to whether in such circumstances the City of New York should continue to be the seat of the Headquarters of the United Nations seems fully justified. 31. The General Assembly has done well to admit into our ranks, at the very outset of our deliberations, a large number of States established on the ruins of the colonial system.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  12. “The same deep concern for the future development of the international situation, so that it may favour the cause of peace and the manifest desire to shape and further friendly relations between States of different social systems, has been displayed by all the socialist nations. That is why they have placed at the head of their delegations their State and political leaders. A large number of other countries have acted likewise. 30. All the more regrettable, therefore, are the discriminatory practices of the United States authorities, reminiscent of cold-war tendencies and aimed at delegations of various socialist countries as well as at the delegation of Cuba. It is also difficult to believe that various excesses against certain delegations could have taken place without the tacit consent of the authorities concerned.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  13. “solving the paramount issue of our times, that of securing lasting peace. 28. This is the first time that I have had the honour of taking a direct part in the work of the General Assembly, and I wish to declare on behalf of my country that the Polish delegation will do its utmost to achieve the results expected of the present session both by the people of Poland and by all the peoples of the world. I am also deeply convinced that the interests of my country are consistent with those of all other nations on all the basic issues which we are here to solve, on all the problems so closely linked to preserving and strengthening lasting peace. 29.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)

  14. “May I be Allowed, Mr. President, to present to you my congratulations and to all Members of the General Assembly my sincere wishes for fruitful debates. 26. The participation of so many Heads of Government and leading statesmen of countries and nations in the deliberations of the General Assembly at its fifteenth session is undoubtedly an unusual event in the history of the United Nations. How can it be explained? It reflects above all the seriousness of the international situation; which, so far as the problem of the maintenance of peace is concerned, has deteriorated since the last session of the General Assembly. 27. This event is also a manifestation of the fact that many countries including Poland, do attach great importance to the United Nations, to the purposes and functions it ought to perform in.”

    1960-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 15 (1960)