UN General Assembly
1969

future of Burundi in the midst of all obstacles, both internal and external. 116. These obstacles, in spite of all the skill and power of those who have raised them, have been removed by the unfailing vigilance of the people of Burundi, and its innate dislike of discord. Those who have repeatedly attempted to disturb the established order have strained their ingenuity to disguise their attempts in various ways, but the plans of these trouble-makers have been revealed. 117. Despite the Republic’s earnest desire to treat every citizen according to his merits, objectively and according to criteria based on capacity, despite the unprecedented success attained by the Republic in allocating the most senior posts, in both numbers and quality, some of those in a commanding position long for chaos, which remains invariably their guiding motive. Through malice or blindness these hardened trouble-makers do not hesitate, under foreign instigation, to become unscrupulous saboteurs and destroyers of their own nation. Blinded by evident bad faith, these groups behave in a way which gives