UN General Assembly
1960

58. Among the new countries which have attained independence this year, the Republic of the Congo is presently undergoing temporary difficulties. The prestige of the United Nations has been highly increased all over the world through the wise provisions of its resolutions on this question and through the effective and impartial action of those responsible for their implementation. I am confident that the independent Republic of the Congo will soon overcome its present temporary difficulties and that it will enter into a new era of progress and prosperity. 59. The vital importance of the political problems included in our agenda should never divert us into underestimating the equal importance of the tasks that confront the United Nations in the social and economic fields. The concerted struggle of all the Member States for a higher standard of living, for universal education, and for improved conditions of health and welfare in all parts of the world through efforts in this Organization and through other channels, is a matter which commands our constant attention.