UN General Assembly
1966

98. In the context of this general statement, I should like to mention the Congo's own specific problems, for they seem to me to reflect those of the Third World as a whole. The request for training assistance, taking its place within the framework of a more general development assistance, raises a problem which concerns all the less developed countries and which must be solved if we want to bring about in the world the economic equilibrium which is the guarantee of political stability and peace. 99. It is paradoxical indeed that, at a time when men are trying to conquer outer space and the moon, no thought is being given to eliminating hunger and poverty from our own planet. How can we explain that in certain parts of the world men are still dying of hunger, while others live in abundance and affluence? How can we explain the destitution and poverty of peoples, when fantastic sums are being spent every day solely for prestige purposes or, what is worse, to sow destruction?