UN General Assembly
1961

'35. That is how we look at the problem in Haiti, under the realistic guidance of an executive and a legislature which constitutionally share power in dignity and mutual respect. 36. Bat it is clearly understood that America must carry out its revolution, though it must be a revolution which does not consist in changing one grief for another, one evil for another and perhaps greater evil. All that can be done without endangering American unity; indeed, it must be done if America is to be strong, prosperous and respected. Was it not to help us, the poor and less fortunate countries of the three Americas, to achieve this that President Kennedy pondered, felt and understood the urgency of the need for an Alliance for Progress? Was it not for that reason that we all met recently at the Punta del Este Conference?