UN General Assembly
1964

102. Italy regards the African countries with great friendship and is fully determined to participate in a common effort towards progress and peace through fruitful co-operation based on full, mutual respect for national sovereignty and character. 103. In this spirit, one of the African achievements which we regard with the greatest interest is the strengthening of the ties of co-operation among States throughout the whole continent of Africa, which led, in May 1963, to the creation of the Organization of African Unity. As our Prime Minister, Mr. Aldo Moro, said when he addressed the African Ambassadors accredited to Italy, on the occasion of the first anniversary of that Organization's establishment, we consider the O. A. U. a contributing factor towards stability and progress, and believe that its activities will steadily promote peace and stability in Africa.