UN General Assembly
1966

undertaking has proved its high value and has continued to function through the vicissitudes of political relationship between some of the participating countries. 51. Although the Asian nations in general have shown their profound faith in the usefulness and benefits of co-operation regionally among themselves as well as with outside countries, certain other nations of different ideologies have bitterly criticized these joint endeavours and have tried to allege calumniously that they are being instigated and sponsored by faraway Powers. Nothing can be further from the truth. Indeed, it does not take long, nor in fact is it really necessary to point out, that such criticisms are totally unfounded and have been motivated by the desire to see Asian nations divided and powerless so that those who nourish expansionist designs may with greater ease interfere in the internal affairs of the thus weakened countries and eventually succeed in bringing about their downfall.