UN General Assembly
1965

9. But the contributions that have been pledged so far are quite inadequate to meet the past commitments, let alone the present and future obligations of the Organization. My delegation therefore urges all Member States to come up with their contributions and thereby give substance to the great hopes we have invested in the United Nations. 10. Osagyefo, my President, in a special address to Parliament on 3 September 1965, regarding some of the difficulties facing the United Nations, said: "In the twenty years of its existence the United Nations has had to meet serious challenges. We in Africa, have experienced at our cost the ineffectiveness of the United Nations in the Congo; in regard to Southern Rhodesia and South Africa; and in our struggle for the eradication from our continent of imperialism, with its concomitant colonialism and neo-colonialism.