UN General Assembly
1963

29. If government of the people by the people has no other foundation than the "one man, one vote" rule, how can the right to vote be made subject to conditions such as payment of a certain amount of tax, knowledge of a foreign language, or even membership of a particular race? Such forms of discrimination are dying out all over the world; they would be unjust even if they were used only to oppress a minority. But what if they result in a country's being governed against the will of the majority of its inhabitants? It may seem idle to repeat what are now widely accepted truths. Yet the great Powers accept them only theoretically; they have still to acknowledge their practical consequences and to realize that the total liberation of Africa is in the best interest of all nations because negotiation with free men is always the most fruitful.