UN General Assembly
1956

168. General Hector Bienvenido Trujillo, the President of the Dominican Republic, recently sent the following message to the President of the Assembly of Captive European Nations: “I have the honour to refer to your message in which you, as the President of the Assembly of Captive European Nations, request the co-operation of the Dominican Government in the adoption of measures which will put an end to Soviet aggression in Hungary and give effect to the provisions of the General Assembly resolution of 4 November [1004 (ES-II)]. “I hasten to inform you and the other members of the Assembly of Captive European Nations that the Dominican Republic condemns wholeheartedly the violation of the United Nations Charter by the Soviet Union and will support unreservedly any action the object of which is to restore the sovereignty of the Hungarian people and to ensure respect for its inherent rights as one of the communities having the finest democratic traditions in the history of Christian civilization. “The Dominican representatives to the United Nations have received instructions to support the suggestions made by the Assembly of Captive European Nations and to join in any move toward restoring to the Hungarian people its right to self-determination and implementing effectively the principles of the United Nations Charter, so grossly violated by the aggressive forces which are endeavouring to enslave man and to destroy the foundations of international order and human coexistence. “In accordance with the policy adopted by Generalissimo Trujillo after the meeting of envoys, the doors of our country remain open to all Hungarian citizens and to any persons from other countries subjected to Communist barbarity; in our country they will always have an opportunity of working in full freedom and of co-operating with my Government in its efforts both to strengthen the country and to promote world peace, and to preserve and defend the institutions and principles which constitute the culture of the Western peoples.