UN General Assembly
1965

"At this juncture I must also say a few words on the subject of interference by one country in the affairs of another. I am convinced that at the root of much of the unrest and bloodshed in the world today lies the fact that some certain countries are tempted to interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries. There are many instances of this to be seen, especially in Asia and Africa; indeed, Malawi itself has become during the last year a victim of this tendency. The principle of non-interference in the domestic affairs of others is a basic concept of both the United Nations Charter and the charter of the Organization of African Unity. Malawi respects and supports that concept and has no intention whatsoever of either interfering itself in the affairs of any other nation or of lending its support to any other nation that may be tempted so to do. In return, all Malawi asks is that it itself will be left in peace, without outside interference, to get on with the task of solving its own domestic problems in the financial, economic and political fields.