UN General Assembly
1971

16. Similarly, my country believes that, in order to ensure the universality of this Organization and to enable it to meet all the necessary conditions for the preservation of international peace and security, we should recognize that all peoples, whether they be in Viet-Nam, North Korea, or South Korea, South Africa or Rhodesia, have the right to self-determination, to choose the sort of Government they wish and to be admitted to this forum in order to make their voices heard with total respect for their freedom and independence. 17. Our faith in justice and the strength of the principles to which I just referred, oblige us, however, to draw the serious attention of the United Nations to the very explosive situation which at present prevails in the southern part of the African continent.