UN General Assembly
1957

75. In addition to these guiding principles, on which our political participation in the United Nations is based, there is another important sector of the work of the United Nations to which the people of Guatemala and their Governments have traditionally and steadfastly devoted their attention and efforts: I refer to colonial problems. This policy, to which we adhere strictly but in a constructive spirit, is not, however, dictated to us solely by the feelings of the Guatemalan people. The General Assembly has also conferred on us a sacred trust by electing us to the Trusteeship Council and the Committee on Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories. 76. The report of our stewardship which we have always considered it a moral obligation to furnish to our electors is confirmed by deeds, by votes and by statements of position in those organs of the United Nations, and by the tireless devotion and energy with which we have discharged our task. The General Assembly and its Member States may rest assured that our anti-colonial policy likewise remains immutable.