UN General Assembly
1963

110. Since the last session, we have settled what was the main crisis in the Congo; we have put an end to the secession of Katanga. In that connexion, I should like to pay a special tribute to the Secretary-General and to declare before this Assembly that the solution which finally prevailed could not have been found without him. At one time or another, it is true, we exchanged many cables; at times we engaged in controversy by communique. What I wish to say is that we had the same good will and the same good faith, that we were seeking the same thing, and that, in the end, the operation was concluded as well as could be hoped. I was then glad to be able to resume the co-operation with the United Nations which, in my view, is one of the basic elements of my country's policy.