UN General Assembly
1961

68. In the international political field the Republic of Mali cannot be equated with any of the blocs. We shall judge the latter by their deeds, by their behaviour on the problems of concern to us, by their manner of supporting the oppressed peoples who are fighting for their independence, by their manner of assisting the younger nations suffering from under-development, by their support for or hostility towards those nations which are oppressing others, and by their unequivocal devotion to the maintenance of peace and the defence of justice throughout the world. Those are the bases of our non-alignment.