UN General Assembly
1969

89. Death is caused there by weapons, disease and hunger, without distinction of age. Children, whom the Ivory Coast and some other countries, in a praiseworthy humane and charitable effort, are trying to keep alive, come to us in such a state of malnutrition that, despite the most modern treatment we can provide, they will remain indelibly marked, handicapped and weakened at a time when Africa needs healthy and vigorous men. 90. It is inconceivable that the prolongation of such a war, the accumulation of so much misery, can have any other result than to kill out in these men, these widows, these disabled, any will, any design, even any idea of wanting or being able to live in harmony within a united Nigeria. 91. Biafra was born from the disintegration of Nigeria after a succession of seizures of power which created a climate of insecurity, fear, terror and tribal hatred. Contrary to the view of some of our friends, who believe in curing evil with evil, we firmly believe that the war is