UN General Assembly
1965

70. More or less everywhere in the world, there arise conflicts of greater or lesser violence which are due, most of the time, to nothing but inordinate ambition or stupid intrigue. The sooner the Assembly finds solutions to the problems of non-interference — which are mentioned in the Preamble to the Charter — the more will it strengthen its authority in the world by restoring mankind's confidence. 71. The problem of subversion is undoubtedly one of the most serious facing the under-developed countries. My country has been the victim of foreign interference, from which it has suffered a great deal. At the fifth extraordinary session of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, held at Lagos in June 1965, the delegation of the Niger made a full analysis of the problem of subversion. I do not want to reopen this vast question here, but let me remind you of what was said on this subject by our Head of State, El Hadj Diori Hamani: