UN General Assembly
1961

136. In a speech on 17 August 1961, the anniversary of our independence, President Leon Mba, President of the Republic of Gabon, strongly emphasized that the economic and cultural development of the new nations could not proceed in a world rent by strife and turmoil. 137. In order fully to achieve our potentialities, we need peace and friendship among the peoples. This is the conclusion which I offer for the consideration of this Assembly so that all together, large and small, transcending Our difficulties, we may be able to achieve peace and thus make a great contribution to the stirring history of the twentieth century.