UN General Assembly
1962

54. The colonized peoples are in a permanent state of legitimate self-defence. The perpetuation of privilege and the lack of prospects of a peaceful settlement, due to the colonial Power's systematic refusal to discuss with the colonized people the ways and means of ending colonial rule, bring about the revolt of the colonized and acts of repression by the colonizer. 55. While it seems pointless to expect the laggard colonial Powers to give up their privileges of their own free will. We shall assure them, once again, that we uphold the principle of peaceful negotiation as a means of solving the problem of decolonization. 56. But the effectiveness of the resolutions which the General Assembly might adopt would often have to be demonstrated, and our own experience of the United Nations causes us to have some doubt as to the appropriateness of such procedures. 57. The Algerian Government fears that despite the adoption of resolution after resolution, to salve the conscience of certain States voting in their favour, the result would simply be the perpetuation of the colonial status quo.