UN General Assembly
1956

191. According to the American concept, and to quote the very words of article 15 of the Bogota Charter: “No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the State or against its political, economic and cultural elements.” 192. These points I have outlined will explain why the representatives of El Salvador, like the representatives of the other Latin American countries, have always striven and will continue to strive to maintain or restore respect for the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, particularly those principles concerning mutual respect between States, the self-determination of peoples, and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.