UN General Assembly
1962

In the splendid setting of this great building from which every horizon can be viewed — a meeting- place for forces of diverse historical and ethnic origins which here ally themselves in the cause of the final liberation of modern man — it gives me pleasure to convey heartfelt greetings to the General Assembly, both on my own behalf and on that of my Government. 160. The Haitian people — still imbued with that revolutionary spirit which, after inspiring the heroes of our glorious epic, provided the spark for the emancipation of the peoples of America — salutes the noble aspirations and the great mission of the United Nations for which we have a special sympathy because of our traditions as the first free negro nation of the present age,