UN General Assembly
1960

88. Thus, we countries of Latin America are entitled to say at this fifteenth session of the General Assembly that Pan-Americanism has entered a dynamic phase which holds out great promise and it is to be hoped that with the help of Operation Pan-America, which we all support, carried out in good faith and sincerity in a joint effort, we Latin American countries shall be able to fight more vigorously and more effectively against the evils of economic under-development. 89. Of course, we must now wait for Europe's reply; we Latin American countries must ask the highly industrialized Powers of other continents what their reaction will be to the efforts of the Latin American countries to fight against and overcome the consequences of economic under-development, the classic enemy of the democratic stability of our Institutions.