UN General Assembly
1968

120. Faithful to the principle of non-alignment, and holding respect for the principle of non-intervention in the domestic affairs of States to be essential, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is bound to deplore the intervention and maintenance of foreign troops in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. In the interests of peace my Government expresses the hope of seeing that serious crisis resolved speedily and in conformity with the desires and higher interests of the Czechoslovak people. 121. My delegation desires to remind this Assembly that colonialism and its results continue to present problems that concern Africa. 122. The unholy alliance of Portugal, the apartheid régime and the illegal minority and racist Salisbury régime continues to commit desperate and criminal acts against the legitimate desires of the African peoples of Angola, Mozambique, Guinea (Bissau) and Rhodesia. An urgent appeal should be made to all countries — in particular the NATO Powers — to refrain from providing Portugal with the financial and military assistance that enables it to massacre African patriots.