UN General Assembly
1964

34. The African continent's slow and difficult advance towards independence has not yet been completed. Africa is still exposed to the manoeuvres and interventions of foreign Powers which have not lost their interest in exploiting its riches, making use of its strategic possibilities and maintaining spheres of political influence. 35. The Organization of African Unity has vigorously denounced such interventions, which are aimed at perpetuating a state of subjugation that the Africans have resolved to terminate once and for all. The establishment of the Organization of African Unity reflects this desire of the African countries to maintain their independence and to make their solidarity the primary guarantee of their freedom,