UN General Assembly
1959

98. Other problems on which we should like to focus attention concern the self-determination of peoples. First of all, we would refer to the question of Cyprus. In connexion with this problem we can say that the United Nations contributed in large measure to the achievement of peace and to the final settlement of the problem of this island, which will soon be free and independent. We should like to pay tribute to the Governments of the United Kingdom, Turkey and Greece for their good will, and to the Cypriot people, of both Greek and Turkish origin, for having contributed, through their conciliatory attitude, to the achievement of a solution to the problem which had preoccupied many General Assemblies of this Organization. The happy solution of this problem of Cyprus should serve as an encouragement to the United Nations to continue its work in connexion with problems arising from the aspirations of peoples.