UN General Assembly
1953

99. It was bound to follow that such outbursts of national aspirations could not be confined to a particular race or to a particular zone or hemisphere — that the rhythm would eventually be picked up in those parts of the world and among those races of mankind that were still subjected to oppression and intimidation. This rising tide of demand for self-determination and independence, spreading from the East, now beats upon the shores and seeps its way into the innermost part of that continent once known as Darkest Africa. It cannot be arrested. It might be temporarily checked, but it will eventually drive all obstacles from its way.