UN General Assembly
1969

Korean people should have an opportunity, on the basis of their own decision and without foreign interference freely to determine the approximate road to the unification of the country. 60. Our particular interest in the affairs of the European continent is determined not only by the historical experience of the Polish people, but also by our geographical situation. For many centuries, that continent has been an important centre, exerting an influence on the situation throughout the world. It was from there that the colonial expeditions to other continents set out. The metropolitan States of Western Europe became centres of imperialist domination and exploitation of other races. That was the main source of their affluence. Europe, especially its eastern and southern parts, provided the United States with cheap labour, without which the rapid development of that country would not have been possible. Instead of that emigration, there is now a “brain drain“ from Europe, which enables the United States to achieve a technological progress which is more rapid than that of Europe and is