UN General Assembly
1961

89. We wish to emphasize once again in this hall the fact that the Congolese problem, tragic though it may be, concerns first and foremost the Congolese who are strongly imbued with the sense of their duties and are always doing their utmost to find a solution appropriate to their status of free men. 90. The Government of the Republic of the Congo (Leopoldville) requested the United Nations, on 12 and 13 July 1960, to send a force to deal with external threats and to safeguard human lives. The mission of the United Nations in the Congo, our mission, was therefore clearly defined. Today the United Nations Force is still in the Congo, with the full consent of the Congolese because it has to comply strictly with the tasks entrusted to it under various resolutions of the Council. It is our firm hope that this Force will not Official Records of the Security Council, Fifteenth Year. Supple-gent for .July, August and September 1960, document S/4382. relinquish its obligations and will always faithfully carry out our decisions.