UN General Assembly
1966

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. 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.