UN General Assembly
1993

As the Assembly is aware, the United Nations considered these elections to be to be free and fair. UNITA was not satisfied with the defeat that the Angolan people had inflicted on it through the ballot-box, and once again showed its Fascist character. It did not hesitate to take up arms again to take power by force. It resumed its previous role as a militarist organization incapable of conforming to democratic rules. Jonas Savimbi’s military option plunged our country into a civil war that has caused incalculable loss of human lives, the destruction of social and economic infrastructure and the displacement of millions of citizens, with such consequences as hunger, poverty, sickness and lack of proper clothing. As we stated in the Security Council on 15 September 1993, the situation in Angola is exceptionally tragic and requires special attention from the international community. Daily, thousands of people die as a direct or indirect consequence of the war. Children, elderly people and women are direct victims of these acts of war. We can declare, without fear of contradiction, that the critical