UN General Assembly
1959

66. The approach of the Liberian delegation to many of the problems which will come up before this session of the Assembly will be largely influenced by those principles which I have just restated. 67. The Liberian Government and people stand as one of the proponents of the right of the people of Algeria to self-determination, freedom and independence. This right is in keeping with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, which all Member States should uphold, and it must be considered to be a fundamental and basic right of man. The question whether or not a discussion of the Algerian problem is a matter solely within the domestic jurisdiction of a colonizing Power is, in the opinion of the Liberian delegation, dwarfed by the immensity and magnitude of the substance involved, as well as by the fact that it is a disturbing threat to world peace which the United Nations seeks to preserve and maintain. The Algerian people have only asked for themselves the right to, and benefits of, the same privileges that each of us — States Members of the United Nations — enjoy. If we enjoy these rights and regard them as inherent and fundamental for ourselves, why should we not honestly and forthrightly see that they are extended and accorded to the Algerian people.