UN General Assembly
1956

140. Half the human race has for centuries been uneducated and led a static existence ignorant of the concepts of freedom, justice and sovereignly, and the reason has been the material backwardness of the peoples concerned. Technological development means emancipation and the first steps along the road of progress. We therefore believe that there is still muon to be done in this field, and that the United Nations might well intensify its already highly productive endeavours. 141. We accordingly hope that our oft-expressed desire for the establishment of a special fund will be realized, because this would assist countries, which are trying, by the application of modem techniques, to diversify their agriculture and industry and thus to strengthen their economies in order to ensure their existence as independent nations and to raise the standards of living of their peoples.