UN General Assembly
1965

30. The Pope's message made a profound impression on the Nigerian delegation. I am sure the effect will be the same on my Government and the people of Nigeria, because we believe in the kind of world that he wishes us all to join in creating: a world in which we can live together in peace, regardless of differences of race, creed and ideology. It is the kind of world that we ourselves are trying hard to fashion within Nigeria, a country with a multitude of different ethnic groups speaking over two hundred different languages, and worshipping God in several different ways.