UN General Assembly
1960

26. In this connexion one must mention Katanga, which brings to mind the regrettable and most vicious attempts being made by vested interests to bolster up a puppet regime there, using poor Moise Tshombe against his own Government in an effort to break up the Congo Republic by secessionist activities. I am sure that no African State would lend support to any secessionist move in the Congo. The Congo is the heart of Africa and we shall do our utmost to prevent any injuries being inflicted upon it by imperialist and colonialist intrigue. The Congo, including Katanga and Kasai, is one and indivisible. Any other approach is mere wishful thinking, for not all the mineral wealth in that integral, part of the Congo can create Katanga as a separate State. 27. The crisis in the Congo must be arrested now before it sparks off another world conflagration. But some Powers do not appear to realize the gravity of the situation and are playing with fire by attempting to use the United Nations as a cloak for their own aims.