UN General Assembly
1982

domination suffered by the peoples of Asia at the zenith of the United Kingdom's imperial expansion? Could we perchance forget that he United Kingdom not only violated the true self-determination of the peoples, but it also made illegal use of force, violating the most elementary rules and principles of international law and ethics? Why did the United Kingdom, claiming to be such a staunch defender of the self-determination of peoples, displace by force the population of the island of Diego Garcia, to make over that territory for the establishment of a military base in the Indian Ocean? Cotild it be perhaps because they were not white, but Macks and people of mixed Mood? 274. Obviously, it is no mere historical coincidence that some of the major leaders of the developing world and champions in our day of the freedom and independence of peoples—men such as Nehru, Nasser, Kenyatta, Nyerere and Archbishop Makarios, among others—had to confront at various times in their political struggles the colonial or neo-colonial domi¬nation of British imperialism. 275. These facts show that when the U „