UN General Assembly
1958

But it would be a mistake to imagine that the existence of this bloc of Central and South American States, in itself a fact of overwhelming importance, would not, in this age of shrinking distances, have a decisive impact, both now and in the future, on the thirty million Spaniards of Europe. It would indeed be the strangest of miracles and supreme proof of insensibility and spiritual decadence if Spain were not to follow their march through history and the contemporary political scene with deep and brotherly affection. In One of the finest speeches delivered during the present debate Mr. Florit, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, speaking a magnificent Spanish worthy of Cervantes and Sarmiento, said: "And at the same time we are heirs to a civilization the vitality and spiritual wealth of which has made possible the great adventure which mankind is living today." [751st meeting, para. 6.]