UN General Assembly
2011

People’s Republic of Zanzibar and the Republic of Tanganyika — will celebrate 50 years of the independence of Tanganyika. We will also celebrate 50 years of our membership in the United Nations. I stand before the Assembly today, 50 years later, to reiterate that same faith in, and that same commitment to, the United Nations as expressed by the founders of our dear nation. I am proud that Tanzania has remained faithful to the ideals of the United Nations, and is a proactive Member of this body. We promise to stay the course for the next 50 years and beyond. The people of Tanzania are happy to have had the opportunity to contribute to maintaining peace and security in Africa and other parts of the world. We have always believed that mediation, conflict prevention and pacific settlement of disputes are the best means of resolving conflicts. As a result, Tanzania has been in the forefront of mediation efforts to resolve conflicts in the countries around us, in our region and elsewhere on the continent.