UN General Assembly
1960

4. The second fact is the admission to the United Nations of fourteen new States — indeed, from this afternoon, sixteen, with the mission of the Republic of Mali and the Republic of Senegal, which to the satisfaction of all of us are to become part of the Assembly this very afternoon. The creation of these new States comes as a climax to the vigorous and untiring efforts made by their peoples in their determination to live their lives as free and independent communities. These youthful nations come to join in the debates and decisions of the General Assembly at a decidedly awkward juncture in international politics. The cancellation of the Summit Conference which had awakened high hopes of bringing to an end, once and for all, the long, senseless and dangerous period of the cold war, and the consequent interruption of the talks in the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament at Geneva are unhappy events that not only stand in the way of an era of international peace and security but also place an ominous question-mark against the whole future of mankind.