UN General Assembly
1957

60. The cause of the freedom of the small nations has always been dear to us, because in our own history we have prized freedom more than anything else. Our hearts naturally reach out to the people of Hungary in the hour of their trial and suffering. Theirs has been a tragic plight indeed. The tragedy of Hungary has a real and living significance for the 9 million people of Nepal. Behind it is their deep-rooted consciousness that what has happened to Hungary may happen to any small nation anywhere in the world. The uprising in Hungary was a "spontaneous nationalist rising", the entire episode being "a great human tragedy". This is the considered opinion on the subject of a highly detached and impartial observer of world affairs, of no less a man than the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, whose words carry weight with people everywhere. May we still hope and expect that the Soviet Union will withdraw its troops from Hungary, thereby leading the people of Hungary free to work out their destiny in accordance with their own national aspirations.