UN General Assembly
1966

199. We have said that while the first purpose of the United Nations, as stated in its Charter, is the maintenance of peace, its second purpose is decolonization. 200. I take this opportunity to express my delegation's congratulations to Guyana on its independence and admission to the United Nations. 201. We have had occasion to indicate at this rostrum all the efforts and achievements of the United Nations with regard to decolonization. In the southern part of our continent, however, much remains to be done. We must not shut our eyes to this fact. The concerted actions of Portugal and South Africa threaten to jeopardize the entire situation. It is as if a recolonization movement were under way, with South Africa and Angola as the point of departure. But I should like to draw your attention very briefly to only two developments, because they are the most recent. The first concerns Southern Rhodesia, the second concerns South West Africa.