UN General Assembly
1966

225. Although, as was only logical, I have dwelt at length on the trouble centres in Africa, I have not lost sight of the dire threat to peace hanging over the world in South East Asia. This blind and ruthless war, which, if it continues, can only lead to the annihilation of a whole nation, is a matter of constant concern to my Government. As a small country, Burundi cannot pretend to impose a solution on the great Powers, but it can and does appeal to reason and common sense in denouncing the stupidity of this steadily expanding war which threatens to plunge mankind into appalling peril.