UN General Assembly
1971

237. The development of the Central African Republic is then first and foremost a national effort. We are, however, convinced of the virtues of co-operation in all fields and at all levels: bilateral, multilateral, regional, subregional and international. However, as was stressed here last year by H.E. General Jean-BedeJ Bokassa, the President of the Central African Republic, we want this co-operation to be dispensed unconditionally, without any thoughts of domination or intimidation, so as to ensure the attainment of the goals and the requirements of the United Nations. 238. On the subject of the United Nations, one observer has pointed out that endless speeches are made here. 239. Like other speakers, we have spoken about disarmament, the maintenance of peace, apartheid, decolonization and economic and social co-operation between all the peoples of the world. We have all mentioned the purposes and the principles that the distinguished founders of the United Nations laid down in the Charter as the basis and the objective of our Organization, which can be summed up as follows: