UN General Assembly
1963

148. No one should think that technical assistance to the under-developed countries is an enterprise of pure charity. The representatives of the African and Asian States in the United Nations have constantly repeated that their countries are quite capable of making their contribution to the World's knowledge. This is not an empty boast. One of the great questions which has been absorbing research workers on cancer for many years is whether certain forms of the disease might not be caused by viruses. Since 1958, Makerere University in Uganda has been taking a close interest in the solution of this problem; and some experts believe that the research is about to yield results. If that happens, could anyone any longer deny that aid to the less developed countries can benefit mankind as a whole? And what better use can be imagined for human and material resources than one which leads to the eradication of the great scourges of mankind?