UN General Assembly
1963

25. Speaking from this rostrum, I feel rising within me the cries of sorrow and indignation emitted by the women of Angola, South Africa and other areas who cannot bury their children, cut down by the deadly bullets of the racist soldiers in the service of colonialism. I tremble at the anguished moans of children who cannot cry "Mercy!" when Portuguese aircraft drop a hail of bombs over whole villages in Angola and Senegal. These poor souls have drunk the cup of misery to the dregs; they cry out and die in the name of the theory of Portugal's Overseas Provinces. They are dying so that we may speak here from this rostrum of the United Nations and tell the world about the crimes which are daily being committed in some part of Africa. 26. We have learnt from the Press that the Portuguese Government intends to hold a referendum in Angola. Let those who propose to stage such a carnival realize that no one will be fooled.