UN General Assembly
1969

108. Seven years have passed since Burundi achieved national and international sovereignty. The prominent part which you, Madam President, took in our country’s progress to independence will never be erased from the memory of the people of Burundi, since it was under your enlightened guidance than a United Nations mission, operating in Burundi in complex and hazardous conditions, found the Burundi nation irrevocably determined to entrust its destinies to its own sons and daughters. 109. Despite the obstacles you encountered in your task and despite the traps set along your road, you resolutely accomplished your important mission and led the United Nations to grant to Burundi its inalienable right to govern itself. 110. The decisive role which you undertook in the accomplishment of independence for our country extended beyond Burundi and took on a larger significance in the United Nations during the sixteenth session of the General Assembly, which raised our country to the rank of a free nation [see resolution 1746(XVI)]. Thanks to your irresistible influence and to the far-seeing recommendation