UN General Assembly
1959

58. We are pleased to note that many speakers on this rostrum have called attention to these events, which are of great significance to the immediate evolution of Africa. The very recording of these events constitutes in itself an international recognition of the future prospects and of the role of the whole African continent. All these peoples who are emerging, who have won back or are in the process of winning back their independence have, at the same time as the desire for independence, a desire for peace and co-operation, which is the only way mankind can achieve a happy destiny.