UN General Assembly
1964

10. As all of you are aware, the most serious problem facing the Organization of African Unity is the Congo crisis. That unhappy country has become inextricably bound up with imperialism and neo-colonialism, and all the sordid intrigues that go with it, tendering it politically ineffective, economically weak despite its vast mineral resources, and geographically dismembered. In certain parts of the country there is a complete breakdown of established law and order and a total absence of peace and security. This Congo tragedy is the result of naked, unwarranted foreign intervention, which continues unabated up to this day.