UN General Assembly
1964

27. We also have much to offer to the world, and I might compare our African spirit to the rushing waters of the mighty Zambezi River whence we derive our name of Zambia. That spirit, harnessed to our political purpose—our will to be free—produced tremendous power, just as the waters of the Zambezi harnessed to the Kariba Dam have produced power for the whole country. This vast store of Pan-African power can be used for good and for the whole world. A distinguished African writer has said: "If the world cannot find a moral basis for its existence, power and force and conflict must be regarded as the only realistic foundation for national policies and international relations. This is where the new nation of Africa may come in to remind the powerful nations that the true path to harmonious relations and world peace lies in focusing attention on human beings and in going out in a spirit of brotherhood to meet human needs. "If East and West joined together to meet the moral challenge to serve the needs of Africa, the most needy continent, they might, through their co-operation to serve a needy brother, rediscover their own brotherhood and so save humanity." I believe there is a profound truth in this statement.