UN General Assembly
1959

34. But strong forces are in motion also in the political field. I have in mind not only the differences between the Western world and the Communist world, differences which personal contacts between statesmen might help to reduce. I am thinking also of the strong national movements which we are seeing developing all over the globe and perhaps particularly in Africa and Asia. I wish to say that in Denmark we respect these movements as long as their goals are promoted by peaceful means and by methods which do not violate human rights. It is our wish that these movements, in natural co-operation with the nations, and especially with those who have old relations with the regions of the world where these movements are taking place, may create better conditions of living and greater freedom for their peoples.