UN General Assembly
1963

55. For Ghana, the realization of a United States of Africa is an article of faith. Our common political problems, our common economic problems, obi-common boundary problems, our common defence problems, and our common fight to feed and raise the standard of living of millions of our peoples —all these underlie the imperative need for a common, concerted continental approach for the solution of these problems. 56. The United Nations has justified its existence and even the sceptics concede that it has a valuable role to play in world development and international relations. In spite of Its shortcomings and weaknesses, the United Nations continues to exert a salutary influence in areas hitherto undreamt of. It has demonstrated a dynamism to which its phenomenal growth in membership is a living testimony.