UN General Assembly
1963

91. The effects of the process of decolonization have led to a "détente", but now there is a growing danger that the atmosphere of "détente" may be used against the further progress of decolonization, Voices to this effect have already been heard in this debate. Efforts towards further realistic steps to consolidate peaceful coexistence should not be used as a pretext for opposing anticolonialist movements and prolonging colonial domination. "Détente" and decolonization are not antagonists, in fact they are linked to each other. The implementation of United Nations declarations and resolutions on the liquidation of the colonial system will promote international relaxation; it will eliminate the causes of international tensions. The eighteenth session of the General Assembly, with its unprecedented atmosphere of mutual understanding, will contribute to the perpetuation of this atmosphere if, through careful deliberations, it helps to find new ways and means of completing the process of decolonization before the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations.