UN General Assembly
1950

68. It serves no wise purpose to place upon the cries of subjugated peoples for liberty, freedom and independence the labels of “communism” and “sedition”. Let us face the facts and realize that it is not within the power of any nation or group of nations to push back time. We may turn the hands of the clock; nevertheless, time moves on just the same and cannot be stopped. 69. We are living in a new age, call it the atomic or any other name. We find new conditions confronting us. In the entire continent of Africa, containing over 150 million inhabitants, there exist only four independent sovereign states: Egypt and Ethiopia in the north-east; Liberia in the west, the Union of South Africa in the south. Looking at it objectively, is this not alarming?