UN General Assembly
1968

99. This is the International Year for Human Rights — a Year, I am happy to recall, initiated on a proposal by a fellow Caribbean State, Jamaica — and I cannot leave this area of my remarks without placing on record the admiration of my Government for the efforts of this Organization and of the many non-governmental organizations associated with it in the area of human rights. We believe that the dedicated work that has been done in advancing the cause of human rights throughout the world has already served to awaken the consciences of millions to the injustices which exist, to the urgency of the need for change and, perhaps most important of all, to the righteousness and the legitimacy of change.