UN General Assembly
1960

97: The tragedy of Algeria remains grave and shows signs of becoming graver. Here again, the problem is that of refusing to recognize the right of the people to determine their own future. This is the very essence of freedom. The United Nations cannot afford to take a passive position in this matter any more than it was passive about Korea or about Hungary. 98. In one sense, the problem is far more serious because a party to it is a member of the free world. The appeal to France to uphold what it seems to have neglected, its own tradition of liberty, freedom and equality, must be no less vigorous because it is a member of the free world; in fact, it must be more so because of that.