UN General Assembly
1960

114. Three other problems, one in Africa and two in Asia, call for serious consideration by the Assembly. 115. The first is the problem of Mauritania. This item was included on the agenda at the request [see A/4445 and Add.1] of the Government of Morocco. We whole-heartedly support the position taken by Morocco on this matter. Mauritania, the territory and its people are part and parcel of the territory and people of Morocco. But France, as usual, is playing in Mauritania a game of independence — and independence has become, for France, so valuable and so sacred in Mauritania — thereby endeavouring to cause the territory to secede from the mother country. France should know better; we all know elementary history. Morocco, having fallen prey to power politics, has been partitioned. In the north a Spanish zone was established, while the south became a French zone. Mauritania fell under French rule, and Tangier was made an international zone. This is the history of Morocco in simple terms.