UN General Assembly
1973

132. The Chilean people at present are undergoing a tragic trial which calls into question not only their own freedoms and threatens the results so painfully acquired by their social and economic revolution, but constitutes also a danger to the freedom and independence of all our peoples. In its present difficult moments we want to assure that country that it has our entire solidarity and the active sympathy of all those who, throughout the world, remain attached to the ideals for which President Allende died. May we avail ourselves of this opportunity to pay a resounding tribute to President Salvador Allende, who, at the sacrifice of his life, has' given the greatest example of fidelity to his principles, devotion to his people and courage in the defence of the sovereignty of his country. Allende will not have died in vain. The movement that he had the merit to start, the social and economic transformations he undertook, the new awareness he aroused among the Chilean people, cannot be overthrown with the use of violence. The Chilean revolution will continue and the Chilean people — which will find no better guide than the memory of Allende, who showed them the only path that leads to freedom and dignity — will have the last word.