UN General Assembly
1960

244. I am very pleased to express on behalf of the Liberian Government and its delegation warm greetings and sincere wishes to all the new African States and Cyprus which are represented here for the first time in this Assembly. The African States are Cameroon, Dahomey, the Niger, the Upper Volta, the Ivory Coast, Chad, Togo, Madagascar Somalia, the Congo (Leopoldville), the Central African Republic, the Congo (Brazzaville), Gabon, Senegal and Mali. 245. We look forward to welcoming to this Organization Nigeria which is on the threshold of obtaining its independence and sovereignty and any other States which may be welcomed into this Organization before the Assembly adjournment. 246. The new Africa which is being created by the emergence of more and more independent nations possessing vast human and material resources must be prepared to make recognized contributions to the general, scientific and technological progress and prosperity of the world community, thereby reflecting credit to our continent, to our race and to our culture. We shall have to avoid the pitfalls which have brought sufferings and misery to the world.