UN General Assembly
1970

107. The joint efforts of the socialist and the young independent countries led to the adoption, in 1960, on the initiative of the Soviet Union of the historic United Nations Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, the tenth anniversary of which the world is celebrating this year. The Declaration has been a notable weapon in the hands of the struggling peoples of the colonies. It is no coincidence that since 1960 twenty-seven new States have appeared on the map of the world. 108. However, colonialism has not yet disappeared from our planet. The increased activity of the neo-colonialist and racist forces in southern Africa and their unceasing attempts to suppress the struggle of the African peoples for freedom and independence by force of arms and terror confirm the correctness of the conclusion, drawn in the basic document of the International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties, that the liberation of southern Africa, one of the last regions of colonial domination, is of great significance for the future of Africa and for the cause of peace.