UN General Assembly
1994

Both processes - political and economic reform - show clearly Swaziland’s principle of rule by consensus of the people. We believe this principle is at the heart of the peace and stability we have enjoyed for many generations, and it has spared us the horrors of internal conflict suffered by so many on our continent. 4 I spoke earlier of South Africa’s return to the international community, as, among other things, a triumph for the United Nations in upholding the principle of universality. The Kingdom of Swaziland urges the Assembly to apply the same principle to investigate the merits of the case of the Republic of China in Taiwan. His Majesty King Mswati III joined a number of other Heads of State in raising this issue at the forty-eighth session of the General Assembly. His Majesty called for the establishment of an ad hoc committee to determine whether or not the Republic of China had a reasonable case for rejoining our Organization. This call has been taken up by an increasing number of countries that support the idea