UN General Assembly
1961

100. Closely connected with neo-colonialism is the practice of the major Western Powers of intervening in the domestic affairs of other countries. It is the duty of the United Nations categorically to denounce this dangerous practice. The agenda of the present Assembly session contains an item concerning the aggression which the United States is preparing against Cuba. One act of aggression against Cuba was committed by the United States this last spring. Instead of learning a lesson from that failure, the United States is trying to justify a right that it does not possess and to dictate to the people of Cuba, regardless of their own wishes, the kind of domestic regime they should have. And when the Cuban people refuse to listen to the advice of their big neighbour, preparations are begun for fresh aggression with a view to a further attempt to impose a particular political regime and social system upon it. The way United States leaders are behaving towards Cuba is an excellent example of how widely the imperialists' fine talk about respect for other peoples' sovereignty differs from their ugly deeds. But the sympathies