UN General Assembly
1960

The people of the United States join me in saluting those countries which, at this session of the General Assembly, are represented here for the first time. With the admission of new Members, mainly from the giant continent of Africa, almost one hundred nations will be joined in a common effort to construct permanent peace, with justice, in a sorely troubled world. 19. The drive of self-determination and of rising human aspirations is creating a new world of independent nations in Africa, even as it is producing a new world both of ferment and of promise in all developing areas. An awakening humanity in these regions demands as never before that we make a renewed attack on poverty, illiteracy and disease.