UN General Assembly
1970

183. There can be true cooperation only in the exercise of an authentic independent foreign policy, for otherwise cooperation would prove to be the result of a situation stemming from subordination, servitude or dependence. 184. And as an expression of the height of absurdity, the old technology of the Egyptian plough, of vehicles drawn by animals, the sailing vessels and the watermill, continues to be the basis of the economy of three quarters of the earth. And not because these peoples are devoid of talent, but, rather, because they were deprived of access to modern life. Here we find a new and fertile field for the United Nations: to awaken the dormant energy of peoples and launch them upon the adventure of thought, science and self-transformation.