UN General Assembly
1961

221. The aim of the negotiations should be to satisfy the legitimate aspirations of the Algerian people. In a recent statement, General de Gaulle referred to the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Algeria in terms which are obscure. Now, in his speech of 2 October, he has renewed his offer to allow the Algerians to exercise their right of self-determination. He also said that he had no doubt that the Algerians wished to establish an independent and sovereign State. Why, therefore, delay the solution of the Algerian problem, a solution which can reside nowhere but in formal recognition of the independence, unity and territorial integrity of Algeria? In our view, recognition and support of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic by the States which have so far not taken that step will be an act of justice in regard to the Algerian people and a substantial contribution to the cause of peace.