UN General Assembly
1959

97. When my delegation deals with the problem of Algeria, it deals not only with an Arab national problem inflicted on the Arabs in their homeland or with an anti-colonial issue, but with a problem whose magnitude places it far beyond these limitations. It is the problem of freedom in general, of liberty in its wider sense, of courage, of honour and of human dignity. 98. If we as Members of the United Nations, subscribing to its great Charter, are not to defend these values and live up to our humanitarian responsibilities, then what is it that we cherish and what is it that we live up to? The Arab blood which is being shed in Algeria and the sufferings which are taking place there at the hands of the French are the sacrifices of the true sons of Algeria for all mankind at the altar of liberty.