UN General Assembly
1966

17. My delegation believes that it is a basic human right for man to receive equal treatment with his fellows; it also believes that it is the right of the various nationalities to maintain their identity and retain their customs and traditions and that there can be no justification for legislative or political measures — vicious relics of bygone days which now happily belong to the social history of the past — which deny those rights to minorities. 18. The United Nations must continue to press forward with every measure designed to ensure that these and other human rights are recognized and safeguarded. We hope that the Organization will support my country's proposal for the creation of the post of a High Commissioner or Tribunal whose task it will be to supervise the observance of the provisions of the Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights concerning this essential aspect of life in society and to strengthen them.