UN General Assembly
1954

6. The rulers of the United States ignore the legitimate rights and aspirations of the Asian peoples and their desire for freedom and independence. These peoples have struck out along the road of independent development, and no attempt to halt them has the slightest chance of success. The Asian peoples are more and more showing themselves to be important factors in international life; they wish to be masters of their own fate, no longer subject to foreign oppression and exploitation. This vast process of the renaissance of the Asian peoples is one of the most important phenomena of our epoch. 7. Like the Chinese and the Korean peoples, the other peace-loving Asian peoples will reject any outside attempt to interfere in their domestic affairs and dictate to them. This is an important factor in the present international situation, and should be recognized by all those who are standing in the path of the Asian peoples in their struggle for independence and national freedom.