UN General Assembly
1959

68. We hope that the United Nations will help to avoid the creation of a new and deeper chasm between France and countries which desire to have only the best relations with it. Morocco in particular hopes for such an understanding. On achieving independence, it put aside all those feelings which a painful past might have justified, and it has enthusiastically undertaken an essentially constructive task which requires peace as a condition for its success. Unfortunately, its desire to develop a worthy and prosperous way of life continues to come up against a number of difficulties.