UN General Assembly
1964

25. Since 1960, Africa, with the Democratic Republic of the Congo at its centre, has been beset with countless difficulties. The efforts of the United Nations to restore order and to maintain the territorial integrity of the Congo encountered difficult conditions (to say the least) and stubborn resistance, the continuing effects of which are unfortunately still being felt to this day. 26. My country responded, within the United Nations framework, to the appeal made by the Congo at the time and did not hesitate, in particularly difficult circumstances, to give that country aid and assistance; it sent its troops and technicians, thus helping the Congo to overcome, in some small measure, the difficulties resulting from the void left by the former administering Power.