UN General Assembly
1960

98. May I quote here a few words to which I listened yesterday with great sympathy and great enthusiasm. The President-Elect of Uruguay said: "This doctrine decrees that any act of aggression whether from inside or outside the continent, against any American State, shall be considered an act of aggression against the entire continent” [875th meeting, para. 24], On the basis of the same doctrine, I would say that injustice towards one country and detraction from the rights and fundamental guarantees which are inherent in a country’s sovereignty constitute an attack, not on one particular country, but on a whole continent.