UN General Assembly
1960

43. Fifth, I propose, as the final element of this programme, an all-out United Nations effort to help African countries launch such educational activities as they, may wish to undertake. It is not enough that loud-speakers in the public square exhort people to freedom. It is also essential that the people should be furnished with the mental tools to preserve and develop their freedom. 44. The United States is ready to contribute to an expanded programme of educational assistance to Africa by the family of United Nations organizations, carried out as the Secretary-General may deem appropriate, and according to the ideas of the African nations themselves.