UN General Assembly
1978

280. My country wishes from this rostrum to issue an urgent appeal to the international community and the specialized agencies of the United Nations to come to the aid of the Central African Empire and help it to overcome the difficulties it encounters every day in its economic and social development efforts. 281. To supplement its national effort, my country places tremendous hopes in the building of the Bangui-Ocean railway and the trans-African Lagos-Mombassa road. 282. While the principal objective of the United Nations is the maintenance of international peace and security, the fact remains that it must also aim at and achieve the economic, cultural and social development of the human being-in a word, the happiness of mankind. 283. There is no need of any lengthy demonstration for us to understand that human rights arc of extreme importance for peace and good relations among peoples.