UN General Assembly
1952

105. Thus it is that, by its recommendation, the United Nations has accomplished a valuable task by enabling the united peoples of Ethiopia and Eritrea, through the application of the principle of self-determination, to establish, by their own agreement and their own wishes, this federation which will ensure the personal well-being and mutual progress of all their inhabitants, including foreigners, and without distinction as to nationality, race or religion. Thus settlement of the Eritrean question by agreement between the peoples concerned, on the basis of the principle of self-determination laid down in the Charter, constitutes a signal success on the part of the United Nations in a field where the concurring wishes of the Members of the United Nations can with particular advantage guide the peoples who are called upon to apply this principle.